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Floating and Sinking

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28 August 2024

Floating and Sinking


Learning Objective: Explain why things float and sink

Find the 8 keywords


from the spiral.
Below are the first letters of
3 of them:
•B__________
•U__________
•A __________- (Scientist
in ancient Rome who
shouted ‘Eureka!’)
28 August 2024
Floating and Sinking
Learning Objective: Explain why things float and sink

Keywords:
•Density
•Buoyancy
•Mass
•Volume
•Gravity
•Upthrust
•Displacement
•Archimedes
Learning Objectives

• Good: Describe the 2 forces acting


on objects on water.
• Great: Calculate density using mass
and volume and use this to predict if
an object will sink or float
• Awesome: Can use Archimedes’
principle of water displacement to
explain why an object sinks or floats.
Why is this
rubber duck
floating?
This boat is floating because the 2
forces are equal.
What would happen if the weight of the boat
increased?
Will these objects rise, float or
sink?
Learning Objectives

• Good: Describe the 2 forces acting


on objects on water.
• Great: Calculate density using mass
and volume and use this to predict if
an object will sink or float
• Awesome: Can use Archimedes’
principle of water displacement to
explain why an object sinks or floats.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DENSITY
ALREADY?
Objects with the same mass can have a
different volume!
Objects with the same volume can have a
different mass!
Calculating Density

Density = Mass ÷ Volume

How could you use


this triangle to find
the mass of an
object?
Calculations – show your working out!

• The mass of an object is 10g, it has a volume of


300cm3. Find it’s density in g/cm3.

• The mass of a coin A is 2.56g, it has a volume of


11.13cm3. The volume of coin B is 9.13cm3 and
it has a mass of 4.11g. Which coin is more
dense?

• The density of an object is 11.3 g/cm3. It has a


volume of 3cm3. What is it’s mass?
Make your own rainbow test tubes!

This uses different


concentrations of
sugar water.

How does it work? -


Explain in books !
A pound coin
would sink in
water. Why
does it float in
mercury?

The dead sea has a


very high
concentration of
salt. Why does this
make it possible
for people to float?
Learning Objectives

• Good: Describe the 2 forces acting


on objects on water.
• Great: Calculate density using mass
and volume and use this to predict if
an object will sink or float
• Awesome: Can use Archimedes’
principle of water displacement to
explain why an object sinks or floats.
Archimedes’ Principle
He found that the
volume of water
displaced is equal to
the volume of the
object
If the mass of the water displaced is equal or more
than the mass of the object , then the object will
float.

If the object’s mass is heavier than that of the


displaced water then the object will sink.
If the mass of the water displaced is
___________________________________________
___________________________________________t
hen the object will float.

If the object’s mass is heavier than that of the


displaced water then
__________________________________________.
If the mass of the water displaced is equal or more
than the mass of the object , then the object will
float.

If the object’s mass is heavier than that of the


displaced water then the object will sink.
Learning Objectives

• Good: Describe the 2 forces acting


on objects on water.
• Great: Calculate density using mass
and volume and use this to predict if
an object will sink or float
• Awesome: Can use Archimedes’
principle of water displacement to
explain why an object sinks or floats.
Thoughts and Crosses!
Why do helium balloons What 2 forces must be Swimmers float on the
float in air? balanced for an object surface of the dead sea.
to float? Describe the density of
the water and the
swimmer.

If the force of gravity on I put a ball in water. What unit of


a boat is stronger than The volume of water measurement do we
the force of upthrust displaced is heavier use for density?
what will happen to it? than the ball. Will the
ball float or sink?

A boat floats on water. How can you calculate Why do oil and water
Describe the mass of the volume of an object not mix? Why does the
the displaced water using density and mass? oil sit on top of the
compared to the mass water?
of the boat.
Why do helium balloons What 2 forces must be Swimmers float on the
Thoughts and Crosses!
float in air? balanced for an object to
float?
surface of the dead sea.
Describe the density of the
Helium is less dense Gravity and upthrust. water and the swimmer.
The water has a higher
density because of the
high salt concentration
If the force of gravity on a I put a ball in water. The What unit of
boat is stronger than the volume of water displaced measurement do we use
force of upthrust what will is heavier than the ball. for density?
happen to it? Will the ball float or sink? g/cm3
It would sink Float

A boat floats on water. How can you calculate the Why do oil and water not
Describe the mass of the volume of an object using mix? Why does the oil sit
displaced water compared density and mass? on top of the water?
to the mass of the boat. Volume = mass/density Oil is less dense
Mass of water is heavier or
equal to mass of boat.
SINK OR FLOAT?!

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