Why do boats float and silverware sink?

Subject: Why do boats float and silverware sink?

Date: Sun Jan 25 21:10:36 1998
Posted by Ryan Wartman
Grade level: 4-6
School: The Prince Charles
City: Napanee State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Area of science: Physics
ID: 885784236.Ph

Message:

I am doing a project to see what will float and what sinks. Size does not seem to be the reason. Plastic silverware will float, but steel will not. We have a boat and it is a lot bigger and it floats. Why?

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