Student Science kit Floating and Sinking

This kit helps children explore the principles of floating and sinking through hands-on experiments. By using different materials and shapes, students learn how buoyancy, density, and water displacement affect whether objects float or sink.
Designed for classroom use, it supports up to 14 workstations (28 students).

Topics Covered

Floating and sinking behavior :

• Buoyancy and displacement
• Carrying capacity of ships
• Effect of shape on floating
• Density of materials
• Surface tension of water

Key Learning Activities :

• Creating “boats” using different types of plasticine (floating vs sinking)
• Comparing materials such as wood, steel, aluminum, and plastic
• Measuring apparent weight loss of objects in water
• Observing how shape affects buoyancy
• Investigating displacement using water-filled containers

• Beakers, dishes, and graduated cylinders for water experiments
• Light and heavy plasticine for modeling floating objects
• Material samples (wood, plastic, steel, aluminum)
• Balls and cubes with different densities
• Displacement vessel for volume measurement
• Scales and weights for measuring mass and buoyancy
• Fishing rods and hooks for immersion experiments
• Plastic knives, spoons, and mats for setup
• Durable storage case with foam inserts for organization

Kit Size :

• Approx. 540 × 450 × 150 mm

• Includes teacher’s manual with structured workstation-based activities
• 14 workstation templates for classroom use
• Step-by-step experiments to study each concept individually
• Encourages observation, measurement, and analytical thinking
• Ideal for primary school students (age 9–10)
• Hands-on learning for better understanding of physics concepts
• Supports group-based classroom activities
• Connects theory with real-world applications (ships, boats)
• Develops problem-solving and experimental skills