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Density & Floating

Sink it or float it… but can you explain WHY?

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Sink it or float it… but can you explain WHY?

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Ocean Energy in a Bottle

Tip a bottle and watch a wave travel from one end to the other. Now ask yourself where the water went. Not the wave — the actual water. It's a question most people have never thought to ask. And the tiny duck floating inside has the answer.

5-12 yrs

Easy

Stage 2, Stage 3

Coke Density

Think all soft drinks are the same?
One of these cans will sink like a rock…
and the other will float like magic!

7-12 yrs

Easy

Stage 1-3

The Life Jacket

Pick up an orange. Feel how solid and heavy it is. Now think about what happens when you drop something heavy into water. Make your prediction — and then peel it. Because something changes.

5-12 yrs

Easy

Stage 1-3

Sink or Float?

So why does one sink and the other float?

7-12 yrs

Medium

Stage 2, Stage 3

The Imposter

Two glasses of water. Same size. Same temperature. Same colour. Same everything — or so it seems. Your job is to catch the imposter.

5-12 yrs

Easy

Stage 1-3

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