Lesson 14 of 15 · Forces

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Boats That Float

🧪Lab Brief #14

Boats That Float.

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

The opposite of what you expect is often what happens.

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Mind = Blown

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

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what happens if you double the force?

What You'll Learn

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

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

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

Step 2 — Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 3 — Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Why do boats float?

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”

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Boats That Float

What You'll Learn

Key Words

Steps

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

Where you see this in real life

Stretch Challenge

For the dinner table

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Boats That Float

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