In this lesson, students will investigate why the Cartesian diver dives and rises in a 2 liter bottle. They will also, through their own discovery, come up with a question and then change one variable and record their results. Students will draw a diagram of the experiment and record data collected in their science journals. They will then be expected to discuss their results with the class and write their own findings about what they learned.

Concepts

density, mass, properties of matter, volume, weight, buoyancy

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Additional Tags

investigating the effects of density and volume of a cartesian diver

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)