How to Float Your Boat in Year 2

How to Float Your Boat in Year 2

Year 2 are using their scientific skills to float their pirate rafts.


Year 2 are learning about different materials and how they float with a goal towards floating a coconut to their pirate ship. In class, they used different materials and experimented with their buoyancy. Students worked together to build their rafts and then headed to the Reflecting Pool to test their theories. They found coconuts float quite well, until you put a hole in them!

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