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Bowling Balls: Will They Sink or Will They Float? (Part 2 of 2)

Bowling Balls: Will They Sink or Will They Float? (Part 2 of 2)

Students investigate whether a bowling ball will float or sink in an aquarium of water after measuring the ball and determining the density. This is meant to be an investigative inquiry of the concepts of density and significant figures.

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Measurement/Units, Indoor Labs, Mathematical Physics, Chemistry, NSDL, Mathematics, Education, Properties of Matter, Physics
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Material Type:
Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Author:
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
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Language:
English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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