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Lesson Plan

Sink or Float?

Subject Science
Grades K-2

Introduction

Students will explore concepts of buoyancy as they conduct a hands-on experiment to determine objects that sink and float.

Learning Objectives

K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development o a new or improved object or tool.

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