
Early one bright morning, Mira knelt beside the pond and wondered about floating.
Why Does a Feather Float While a Pebble Sinks?Objects float or sink depending on how their weight compares with the water they push aside.
1. Early one bright morning, Mira knelt beside the pond and wondered about floating.
2. She placed a white feather on the quiet water, and it stayed on top.
3. Mira dropped a smooth gray pebble beside it, and the pebble sank below.
4. She pressed the feather gently, but it rose back beside the ripples.
5. Mira gathered a green leaf, a brown twig, and a red apple.
6. The leaf and twig floated, but the apple sank with a quiet plop.
7. Mira filled a small bowl, then held the feather and pebble under water.
8. Water pushed around each object and made space for it.
9. The feather weighed less than the water it pushed aside, so it floated.
10. The pebble weighed more than the water it pushed aside, so it sank.
11. Objects float or sink depending on how their weight compares with the water they push aside.
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