Paint-Stirrer Submarine

by: Jocelyn Young and Kevin Hardy

In today’s fast-paced, technological world, it is a constant struggle for teachers to find new and exciting ways to challenge and engage our students. The Paint-Stirrer Submarine is a unique and challenging laboratory exercise that keeps the students enthralled. They won’t even realize they are learning because they will be having too much fun. This inquiry-based, hands-on experience in building a submarine allows the students to learn about buoyancy, buoyant force, Archimedes’ principle, and motion in an engaging manner. It will be an experience neither you nor your students will ever forget.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2007Stock # ss07_030_06_32Volume 030Issue 06

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