--- title: "Science-Water Resistance and Buoyancy" url: "https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-02-09-15-03-56-science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy" school: "Inskip St Peter's C of E (Aided) Primary School" --- # Science-Water Resistance and Buoyancy ![](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/images/blog/AD1F3C4E-2D56-438A-ACAA-6349795EB657.jpeg) 9 February 2022 [Upper School (KS2)](https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/category/upper-school-ks2) Today’s lesson was all about finding out what water resistance does to boats of different shapes and how buoyancy is different between salt water and fresh water. The Upper School children investigated these things by making different shaped tin foil boats to race across a tray of water. They saw how the ones with a more streamlined shape went more quickly across the tray because of less water resistance. They also tested their boats’ buoyancy (upthrust) by filling them with counters. They found that the boat in salty water stayed afloat with more counters than in fresh water. Marcus said there was more mass in the salty water so it kept the boat up better! ### Science-water resistance and buoyancy [![](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy/425C33CE-509E-4DAB-8EBB-81B2622B11D5.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/images/gallery/science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy/425C33CE-509E-4DAB-8EBB-81B2622B11D5.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy/34D1F9EB-B5B1-4CAF-9F1E-14EE77BEE955.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/images/gallery/science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy/34D1F9EB-B5B1-4CAF-9F1E-14EE77BEE955.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy/FED80001-49D9-4CE6-B700-5CAA9A1AEBA9.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/images/gallery/science-water-resistance-and-buoyancy/FED80001-49D9-4CE6-B700-5CAA9A1AEBA9.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/imagecache/100x100c/blog/266B1F8E-31EB-4857-9F6E-CA32B13BD5EA.jpeg)](https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-02-09-08-59-21-real-life-data-bases) Previous ### [Real life data bases](https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-02-09-08-59-21-real-life-data-bases) [![](https://files.schudio.com/inskip-st-peters-2/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_3512.JPG)](https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-02-11-15-08-39-healthy-sandwiches) Next ### [Healthy sandwiches](https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-02-11-15-08-39-healthy-sandwiches) ### Comments ### Leave a Comment ##### Location Preston Road Inskip Preston Lancashire PR4 0TT ##### Contact Us 01772 690438 © Copyright 2025–2026 Inskip St Peter's C of E (Aided) Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)