An Amazing Fact a Day

Floating Fruit Investigation

Amazing Fact
Apples float but mangoes sink!

Challenge
Carry out a floating and sinking investigation to discover how many fruits
float and how many sink.
Try these fruits:
• lime • kiwi • pear • lemon • pineapple • tomato
• grape • banana • orange • plum • cherry

Before you carry out each investigation, predict what you think will happen.
You will need:
• A bowl of water
• Different fruits
• Pencil

Fruit My prediction What actually happened

(draw or write)

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Fruit My prediction What actually happened

(draw or write)

You could also try to find out:

• what fruits and vegetables float or sink;
• what density is;
• which forces cause something to float or sink.

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