floating bodies

Highlights the basic science behind why and how ice cubes float. Includes a glossary, resources for further informatin, and color photographs.

Simple text and illustrations explore why ice cubes float.

Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about buoyancy, and conducts two experiments that demonstrate the effects of object, shape, and pressure on buoyancy.

The kids from Ms. Frizzle's class learn lessons about why objects float or sink when they board the Magic School Bus--tranformed into a bus-boat--to investigate a report of a monster living in Walker Lake.

Uses simple experiments and activities to explore concepts such as density, upthrust, and water displacement and to explain why objects float or sink.

Presents simple hands-on experiments that demonstrate why some objects float and others sink.

The kids from Ms. Frizzle's class learn lessons about why objects float or sink when they board the Magic School Bus--tranformed into a bus-boat--to investigate a report of a monster living in Walker Lake.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text provide an introduction to the difference between floating and sinking.

Uses simple experiments and activities to explore concepts such as density, upthrust, and water displacement and to explain why objects float or sink.

Experiments, projects, and puzzles explain the basic scientific principles of flight and floating.