My son said to me today ‘The Dead Sea is as deep as the Eiffel Tower is tall’. He loves watching Go Jetters often shares random facts with me. He went onto tell me ‘The more salt the easier it is for heavy things to float.’ Penguin also loves experiments and suggested we see if things would float in water with salt in, so that’s what we did.
We weren’t very technical about the experiment and didn’t get our coin to float. We just put a lot of salt into a small pot with water. Penguin managed to get a blue bead to float in salty water, even when pushed to the bottom, it still floated back to the surface. The same blue bead sank in regular tap water. He was very excited!
We’ve since found out (after watching YouTube videos of people floating on the Dead Sea) that stuff floats in salty water because the salt makes the water more dense. So our blue bead was less dense than the salty water but more dense than the tap water.
I was really glad this experiment worked and we got the outcome we expected. I’ve been getting tired of trying to do experiments that look good in a science book but in reality don’t work very well.
After watching some videos online we found that this experiment is really effective using an egg. So we had a go 😀
The Real Lara Shoe 
I love this! Will try with Little and Big soon! TY
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We just tried it with an egg and it worked really well 🙂
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And might I add, #FabFridayPost! Great job Lara!
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Oh I’ve got to try this with my boys after school today! Thanks
mainy
#fabfridaypost
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I’m sure they will amazed!!enjoy
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wow this is really cool, Adam would love this! #fabfriday
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It’s a great experiment 😀
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This is a great little experiment for kids, I must give this a try. Sarah #FabFridayPost
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We loved it 😀
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We did the egg one recently- so cool! 😄 #FabFridayPost
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That’s fab 😀
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I always forget about trying science experiments with the kids on days that it’s either too hot to do anything outside or its to cold. This looks like a fun one. The problem with mine too is there’s 3 of them and it becomes crazy chaos to do anything crafty. Thanks for hostessing #FabFridayPost
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You may end up with 3 broken eggs!! I admire you for having three xx
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This is really cool, I think my two might be too young to understand the science but I think we might still give this a go! Thanks for sharing! #FabFridayPost
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I think little ones will still find it fascinating, maybe just not the explanation!!
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Love the Go Jetters, and what a great experiment. His face looking at the floating egg is just brilliant! #FabFridayPost
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My son has a little move he likes to do at the end of the programme!!
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We watch Go Jetters all the time, I have to say it is one of the cartoons that I don’t mind. The boys want to watch the Mount Etna one over and over again though, I am trying to encourage them to give some other episodes a go ha ha! I love that you tried this experiment out, I am not sure it would occur to me to do the same. #FabFridayPost
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Go Jetters is one of the better ones, along with octonauts, also a favourite in our house!
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This is awesome! Ethan’s school is going through stages of experimenting too. I will show this to him. I just love your boy face when the egg floats upward! lol! Precious! Thank you for co-hosting with me. #FabFridayPost Xx
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Yes a great face. I love simple experiments. 😃
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That’s a good experiment – will have to try it when my kids are older! Never been to the Dead Sea, but both my parents have. #fabfridaypost
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It would be amazing to go to the Dead Sea. It’s really sad that it’s shrinking.
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