Archimedes' Principle

Today in science the students were given their first science challenge - to explore Achimedes' Principle. the good thing about this experiment is that it can be conducted in a wide variety of ways and it can be done in many places - at home for example.

Science Challenge - Archimedes' Principle

Design an experiment to investigate and show Archimedes’ Principle. This will involve you showing what you’ve learned about the scientific process so far.

The Challenge:

Show how much mass an object has and measure it using correct units. Illustrate the science behind this.

Process:

1. Find out what Archimedes’ Principle is…
2. Decide on the process you will use, writing this up in a Google Doc. You may do a draft in your Science book if you wish.
3. Share this document in the Science folder inside Totara Shared Folder, naming it as follows: Science Challenge 1 - Rob Clarke 10 April 2014
4. Conduct your experiment next week, ensuring you have your data table ready to go.
5. Write the experiment up, along with hypothesis, method and results.

This is the movie we viewed to help with our research and formation of the first experiment:

Vocabulary explored: bouyancy, floatation, principle, perplex, mass, density, displaced, immersed, eureka,