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Buoyancy:

Basics of buoyancy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/buoybasics.html

Definition of buoyancy
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-buoyancy.htm

How objects float in fluid
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/fluid_floating.htm - good site for density lessons

Displacement:

Definition of displacement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_%28fluid%29

Weight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight

Boats:
Why do boat float? Activity
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/floating.htm - good activities
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm - good graphics

Hydrometer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrometer - higher level, but okay

Make your own hydrometer
http://www.ecawa.asn.au/home/jfuller/liquids/hydrometers.htm - good pictures

States of Matter:

Matter: At a more in depth look
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/low/matter/matter.htm

Comparison between solids, liquids, and gases
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html

Properties of changes in matter
http://www.scilinks.org/nsfinstitute/webguide/k6webguide/matter/changes.asp

Newton's Laws:
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/law1.html
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton.html

Pendulum:
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/pendulum/index.html

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