Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Is All Ice Created Equal? A Density Lab
A lab experiment that shows students that different molecules melt in different ways. This lab also allows students to practice calculating and finding density, mass, and volume. Lesson plan includes lab handout for students.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 2
Concluding a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate densities of several household liquids and compare them to the densities of irregularly shaped objects (as...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Density & Miscibility
After students conduct the two associated activities, Density Column Lab - Parts 1 and 2, present this lesson plan to provide them with an understanding of why the density column's oil, water and syrup layers do not mix and how the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 1
In this first part of a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate the densities of several common, irregularly shaped objects with the purpose to resolve confusion...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rainbow Challenge Lab
In this inquiry lab activity, students will attempt to layer 6 different kinds of soda pops in a large test tube using their knowledge of density and other physical properties of liquids.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Identifying an Unknown Liquid From Its Density
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to design an experiment to determine the identity of mislabeled bottles using the densities of the solutions inside.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Metals Density Problem
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to identify three unknown metals by measuring their density and comparing their measurements to the densities of known metals. In this randomized version, each student designs and performs...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Alcohol Density Problem
Determine the concentration of an alcohol solution from its density.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Irregular Shaped Object Lab Test
Students will determine what an unknown substance is by finding mass, volume, displacement, and density of an object. Students will also create a report which will require them to read a graph, interpret data, calculate averages, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Dense Are You Lab
Students determine the mass and volume of soil samples and calculate the density of the soils. They use this information to determine the suitability of the soil to support a building foundation.
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Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke [Pdf]
Help students brainstorm and find a solution as to why Diet Coke floats and Coke sinks. Student will learn to define what density is as they engage in this creative lab. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Dollars for Density
This is a guided inquiry activity in which students use simple lab procedures and discussions to develop and apply the concept of density. Students collect and graph data which they use to explore the relationship between mass and...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Current Collection of Virtual Lab Problems
A collection of over 30 virtual chemistry problems with accompanying interactive activities. Each problem includes a word file for potential differentiation in your classroom.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Layering Liquids
A lab activity to show students how different densities of liquid layer on top of each other by using four different colored liquids that contain different levels of salinity. This activity can also be used in an ocean unit where...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science: Water Density Experiment
A simple lab activity to demonstrate that ocean currents are influenced by changes in water density.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Comparing Liquid Density
Because different liquids have different properties, density also differs. For this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology, learners will calculate densities of water, dish-washing detergent, cooking oil, and other liquids.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Comparing Densities of Different Liquids
This lab experiment has students observe and compare the density of five different liquids while measuring mass and volume.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Determining Bulk Density of Different Soil Samples and Data Analysis
A field based lab experiment where students work in groups to come up with a collection strategy and lab analysis to test differences in soil bulk densities. Students bring soil samples back to the classroom to conduct a test that...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Determining the Density, P H and Water Content of Various Area Soils
For this chemistry field lab, young scholars will determine the density, pH, and water content of 4 types of soil. Students compare class data and write a lab report describing their results and then analyze their findings to report on...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Buoyancy, Density, and Fluid Principles: Make Mini Submarine
In this lab, students will use the scientific method to design an experiment that explains how/why a submarine floats and sinks.
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Thinking Fountain: Liquid Layers [Pdf]
Students contrast the densities of oil and water in this lab activity. Can be done in groups or individually. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Identifying the Unknown Metal
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to identify an unknown metal by measuring its density and comparing their measurements to the densities of known metals.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Cola and Sucrose Concentration Problem
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to prepare a sucrose solution for a soda recipe. They next calculate the concentration of their solution in terms of molarity, percent mass and density. Finally, they compare the density of...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Density in Relation to Float and Sink
Students find the densities of objects based on sinking or floating in this activity that demonstrates Archimedes Principle.