Boats That Float

Lab Brief #14

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

The opposite of what you expect is often what happens.

What you'll learn

Boats float on water. They are shaped so they do not sink!

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what happens if you double the force?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Question 1 of 2

Why do boats float?

Question 2 of 2

Do boats float on water or sink?

Mind = blown

🔥 A bolt of lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 2 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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