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Current Investigation: Container Ship Challenge

Why do some things float and others sink?

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Buoyancy

Water & Surface Tension

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MIT Video: Water's Surface Tension














Our Solar System

A student asked, "Why are gas giants considered planets?"  
Check out this NASA website to learn more about gas giants!


Another student asked, Why do some planets have many moons?
Look at this website to learn how some planets acquired more moons than Earth:
CNN Student News

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Cool Iceberg Pictures


Websites with activities:
Virtual Earthquake Science Lab 
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eec/earthquake/
Physics - What is a wave? 
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/u10l1b.cfm