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title: "Year 5 Water Resistance"
url: "https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2025-04-25-16-04-00-year-5-water-resistance"
school: "St Bridget's Catholic Primary School"
---

# Year 5 Water Resistance

  ![Image of Year 5 Water Resistance ](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/blog/IMG_7061.jpeg)  25 April 2025   [Mrs Newby](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/author/vnewby)   [Year 5](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/category/year-5)

Year 5 conducted an investigation to see whether they could make the same-sized piece of plasticine both float and sink. They discovered that making it float was much more challenging. Through their experiments, they found that the best shape for floating was a flat one with a larger surface area. This shape increased the water’s upthrust, allowing the plasticine to float.

### Y5 water resistance 25.4.25

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