SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES
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Floating Egg Experiment
As part of our Forces and Movement unit in Science, students participated in a "Floating Egg Experiment" where we learned about the force of buoyancy. Through this activity, students learned about how the density of water plays a part in how well objects will float. The denser the object floating in the water, the denser the water should be in order for the object to be buoyant. Salt, we discovered, is a great solute to add density to water. The egg ( a dense obejct) did not float in reglular water, however once salt was added and the water became more dense, the egg became buoyant. We cut the amount of salt in half to have the egg suspend itself in the middle of the glass as well. When the force pushing up on the object is equal to or more than the force pushing down on the water, the object will float!