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Soap, Wood, and Water

Grade 5-8 Performance Task

Contributed by: New York State Education Department (NYSED)
NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project (1996)

Students measure the properties of two different types of soap and wood and calculate their densities, and predict whether or not each object would float or sink in fresh or salt water.



 

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