Did the carrot float or sink? Take a teaspoon of salt and put it in the water ... when the density of the water is very similar to the density of the carrot. The materials in this activity are not ...

In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University show proof of concept for a system that—in a single ...

Students put objects and materials into groups based on their observable properties, test materials for strength and absorbency, and use their results to make a boat that can hold the most pennies ...

If you could somehow keep increasing the density of the block, it would sink lower and lower into the water. When its density increased enough to displace an amount of water whose weight was equal ...

Can you think of some other things that float and sink? Join Kit and Pup to find out more about floating and sinking. Narrator: Are these boats floating on the water? Yes. Is this leaf floating on ...

Did you ever wonder why hot air balloons float? You may already have some ideas. Think about them and then choose one of the options below that seems closest to why you think balloons float.