The document discusses floating and sinking concepts including: 1) Objects float if they are less dense than the fluid they are in and sink if more dense. Density is mass divided by volume. 2) Archimedes' principle states the buoyant force on an object equals the weight of the fluid it displaces. 3) Objects can change their density and therefore floating/sinking by changing their mass like submarines, or volume like ships.

1. Created by : Hamdy Karim Grade level ( s ): 8th grade Su bject area : Science Chapter 3 S ection 2 F loating and Sinking

2. KS Standards and Activity Instructions Standards / Indicators : ( Use KS standards, not district standards. Include both number and standard description as well as indicator.) Gr ades 8-9 S TANDARD 2 : PHYSICAL SCIENCE- The student will apply process skills to develop an understanding of physical science including: properties, Solids, Liquids, and Gases. B enchmark 3 : The student will investigate Floating and Sinking of different Objects I ndicator 2 : Describes, measures, and represents data on How do they calculate the density by knowing the mass and volume of an object?. Ac tivity Instructions : S lide 3- Click on the numbered list 1-4 to open questions for discussion for the class related to the floating and sinking of some objects like Pepsi cans, ships......etc.. Slide 4- Continue the class discussion, click on the hidden definition of "density", and see if the new definition changes the classes answer to the first question. Slide 5- Read slide 5 to the class. Slide 6- Read each blue card to the class. Have students hold up one finger if they think it is in motion, and two fingers if they don't think the situation is describing motion. Once the class is showing their answers have a student click on the box to reveal the answer. Slide 7- Introduce the vocabulary word "reference point". Have students create a list of reference points they could use while sitting on a bus. Slide 8- Click on the numbered list to open questions for class discussion. Slide 9- Introduce the metric system. Pass out meter sticks for students to look at. Show them each of the measurement units identified on the stick. Give students practice using units by completing the "Metric Inventory 2" document attached. Slide 10- Go over density formulas, emphasizing difference between constant and average speed. Practice calculating speed by completing "Bubble Gum Physics" handout attached.

3. struck an iceberg and divided into two. Both pieces sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. More than a thousand people died. In April 1912, the Titanic departed from England on its first and only voyage. At the time, it was the largest ship a float nearly three football fields long. the Titanic was also the most technologically advanced ship in existence. Its hull was divided into compartments, and it was considered to be unsinkable. But unfortunately the ship struck an iceberg and divided into two pieces that sunk into the bottom of Atlantic Ocean Floating and Sinking Key Concepts * what is the effect of the buoyant force? * How can you use density to determine whether an object will float or sink in a fluid?

4. · How is it possible that huge ships made of steel can float easily in water? ·Yet in a few hours the same ship can become a sunken wreck like the Titanic. ·Why does most of an iceberg lie hidden beneath the surface of the water? ·To answer these questions, you need to find out what makes an object float and what make an object sink.

5. Comparing Densities · One reason objects float or sink is their density. · An object that is more dense than the fluid in which it is immersed sinks. · An object that is less dense than the fluid in which it is immersed floats to the surface. If the density of an object is equal to the density of the fluid in which it is immersed, the object neither rises nor sinks in the fluid; it floats at a constant level.

6. Comparing Densities · Now you know why lead sinks: it is several times denser than water. ·Cork, which is less dense than water, floats. · Is an ice cube more or less dense than water?

7. Iceberg straight ahead ! · An ice cube floats in water because the density of ice is less than the density of water. · But it’s just a little less! ·So most of a floating ice cube is below the surface. · Since an iceberg is really a very large ice cube, the part that you see above water is only a small fraction of the entire iceberg. · This is one reason why icebergs are so dangerous to ships.

8. Buoyant Force · If you have ever picked up an object under water, you know that it seems lighter in water than in air. · Water exerts a force called buoyant force that acts on a submerged object. · Buoyant force acts in the upward direction, against the force of gravity, so it makes an object feel lighter.

9. Weight vs . Buoyant Force · There is always a downward force on a submerged object. · That force is the weight of the object. · If the weight of the object is greater than the buoyant force, the object will sink. · If the weight of the object is less than the buoyant force, the object will begin to float What can you infer about the weight and buoyant force from the picture?

10. Archimedes’ Principle · You know that Archimedes discovered that a submerged object displaces, or takes the place of, a volume of fluid equal to its own volume. · Using this idea, Archimedes came up with a principle that relates the amount of fluid a submerged object displaces to the buoyant force on the object. · It states that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. · Therefore, the more fluid an object displaces, the more buoyant force it will have. · The more surface area an object occupies, the more water is displaces. · This is why it is easier to float in water when you are lying down on your back – you take up more surface area, displacing more water, therefore creating a greater buoyant force.

11. Floating by changing mass · Changing the density of an object can make it float or sink in a given fluid. · Even though you cannot change the density of an individual substance, you can change the overall density of things that are made of several materials. · Submarines can change their overall mass, and therefore their density to allow them to float and sink. · They do this by filling or releasing water from their flotation tanks.

12. · When water is pumped out of its flotation tanks, the overall mass of the submarine decreases. · Since the volume remains the same, its density decreases when its mass decreases. · So the submarine will float to the surface. · What do you think a submarine does in order to sink? · To dive, the submarine takes in water. · In this way, it increases its mass (and thus its density) and sinks! · Most ships are also designed to alter their overall density. · The hull (bottom part) of a ship contains a large volume of air. · This air reduces the ship’s overall mass, and therefore its density, and helps it to float.

13. Floating by changing volume · Another way of changing density is to change volume. · If the mass is kept the same, increasing the volume of a substance, will decrease its density. · Increasing the surface area of a substance, will also increase its buoyant force. · This is because the greater the volume of water displaced, the greater the buoyant force (Archimedes Principle). · The shape of a ship causes it to displace a greater volume of water than a solid piece of steel of the same mass because it has a greater surface area. · The more water it displaces, the easier it will float! · A ship stays afloat as long as the buoyant force is greater than its weight.

14. Pascal’ s Principle Pascal discovered that pressure increased by the same amount throughout an enclosed or confined fluid. When force is applied to a confined fluid, the change in pressure transmitted equally to all parts of the fluid. This relation known as Pascal’s principle.

15. Bernoulli’s Principle · It states as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.