Sink or Float Buoyancy Comic & Doodle Notes

This is not your everyday sink or float worksheet!

Help students grasp the concept of buoyancy with these fully illustrated science comics! Designed for visual learners and struggling readers,  this print-and-go resource is perfect for interactive science notebooks and breaks down why objects float or sink in a simple, approachable way.

Students will explore key vocabulary, see real-world examples, and actively participate in learning by completing notes, adding illustrations, and reinforcing their understanding of buoyant force. Ideal for upper elementary and middle school science classrooms, as well as ESL and struggling readers.

Whether you’re introducing buoyancy or reviewing it before an assessment, this resource is a fun and effective tool to make learning stick.

Overview

The one-page content comic illustrates the concept of buoyancy using whimsical examples and diagrams. Readers will learn about displacement and density and discover how it relates to an object’s ability to float.

From rubber duckies to steel beams, this teaching resource pairs content with relatable examples. Archimedes might even pop his head in a few times to clarify a principle.

What do you get?

Color Content Comic

• Print-and-Go!
• One-page, infographic-style comic delivering the concept of buoyancy, density, and displacement
• Printable in multiple sizes making it easy to double as a science anchor chart
• Illustrates how density and displacement relate to an object’s ability to sink or float

Black-line Version

• Easy to print
• Fun science coloring sheets

Doodle Notes Activity

• Students fill in the blanks
• Doubles as a guided reading worksheet
• Keeps learners engaged while you teach or
• Serves as a good homework option
• A great addition to interactive science notebooks

Follow-up Worksheet

• Designed to stimulate deeper thinking and application of understanding
• Assess student comprehension
• A good homework option
• Reinforces the concepts

Easel Activities

• Seamlessly shift to your virtual classroom
• Both supplementals are formatted in the Easel format
• Great for sub-plans or make-up work

Answer Keys

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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN! 

• This is the most crucial benefit.
• Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
• The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE. 

• About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
• Visual information is processed faster.
• Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement! 

• These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
• You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
• Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

ACTIVE LEARNING

• Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
• Instructions are in a visual format
• Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

• Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
• Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
• They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
• Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
• Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.

Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!

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