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Density and Buoyancy

Grades 5-8 Performance Task

Contributed by: Oregon State Department of Education

Using the concepts of density and buoyancy to predict which objects will float or sink in water, students explore why an object floats or sinks in water. This task introduces and provides demonstration of density and buoyancy; practice measuring, calculating, and predicting.



 

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