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Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The following is a typical question asked at the end of physics units dealing with buoyancy: "A barge loaded with scrap iron is in a canal lock. The captain orders his crew to dump all of the scrap iron overboard. What happens to the water level in the lock?" I have asked this type of question to both high school and college physics students. Of course, answers are given which predict an increased, a decreased , or an unchanged water level.
Publication Date
April 1978
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
40
Last Page
40
Copyright
© Copyright 1978 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cooney, Timothy
(1978)
"Float, Sink, Think!,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 26.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol15/iss1/26