Water Resistance: Moving Through Liquids
Students will explore how water resistance affects objects moving through water, observing how different shapes move more easily.
Key Questions
- Explain why some boats are shaped differently than others.
- Compare how different shapes move through water.
- Design a boat that would move with the least water resistance.
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