The storybook "Mr. Archimedes' Bath" by Pamela Allen copyright 1980 Puffin Books, is used to motivate students to answer Mr. Archimedes' question "Where is all this water coming from?" The investigation uses easily obtainable materials to look at the properties of solids and liquids.Students are asked to predict, record data, and make a simple graph.This investigation includesVideo of the investigation with suggested materialsTeachers GuideNGSS alignment_________________________________________