{"id":607,"date":"2016-03-10T10:58:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efolio.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/discoveroceanography\/?page_id=607"},"modified":"2019-06-08T12:48:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T11:48:44","slug":"lesson-c-floating-and-sinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/for-teachers\/scheme-of-work\/lesson-c-floating-and-sinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson C: Floating and Sinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson students will use their own practical results, the concept of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips55'>Density<\/span> and the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips26'>Archimedes<\/span> principle to investigate floating and sinking and calculate whether both Jack and Rose could have survived at the end of the 1997 film Titanic by holding onto the floating door.<\/p>\n<p>You will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lesson plan<\/li>\n<li>Lesson presentation (main or extension)<\/li>\n<li>Equipment for class practical\n<ul>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips64'>Newton<\/span> meters<\/li>\n<li>Rubber bands<\/li>\n<li>Ice cream tubs<\/li>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Weighing boats<\/li>\n<li>Spatulas<\/li>\n<li>Balances<\/li>\n<li>Plasticine, wooden blocks, aluminium, iron blocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Calculation worksheet (all levels)<\/li>\n<li>Sugar solution <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips55'>Density<\/span> tower Method Handout<\/li>\n<li>Mythbusters video<\/li>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips26'>Archimedes<\/span> video<\/li>\n<li>Clip of door scene from Titanic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the presentations and files can be downloaded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edshare.soton.ac.uk\/16693\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong>. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoveroceanography\/for-students\/lessons\/\">student <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips74'>Area<\/span><\/a><\/strong> of this website helps students to understand the importance of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips55'>Density<\/span> in the real world with reference to Titanic. 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