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What's In Crude Oil?
Students research the process of fractional distillation. In this chemistry activity, students perform simple distillation of two liquids. They collect data and share results in class.
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Make An Egg Float!
Learners analyze density. In this density instructional activity, students experiment with floating an egg. Learners discover that salt added to water changes the density of the water allowing an egg to float.
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Color Splash
Students investigate density. In this density lesson, students conduct an experiment using food coloring. Students observe the differences in mixing food coloring in water and oil.
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Soda Bottle Boat
Students explore chemical reactions. In this chemical reaction instructional activity, students conduct an experiment observing chemical reactions.
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How Temperature Affects Density
Students examine the effects of temperature and density in ocean currents. In this density instructional activity, students explain how coastal climates are impacted by ocean currents. They investigate how the ocean currents are affected...
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Motion in Fluids
Pupils explore physical science by participating in a science activity. In this liquids lesson, students discuss how fluids can be affected by motion unlike solids. Pupils define other scientific vocabulary terms and conduct a motion...
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Basic Tree and Forest Measurements
Young scholars examine how trees are measured and the different methods used. In this density lesson students divide into groups and practice the different methods.
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Specific Gravity-The Relative Density of Liquids
Students explore a hydrometer. In this gravity instructional activity students construct a hydrometer and create a liquid density column.
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Condiment Diver: The World's Simplest Cartesian Diver
Middle schoolers examine buoyancy. In this density lesson students form a hypothesis, collect data and draw a conclusion using the data.
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Why Could the Hindenburg Float?
Tenth graders experiment with floating and sinking objects and heavy and light liquids, using correct terms, like density, to explain what happens. In this Hindenburg lesson, 10th graders watch a demonstration called the invisible...
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Come On Down!
Students research the implementation of a research vessel used for ocean exploration. In buoyancy lesson students will construct a device that shows neutral buoyancy.
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Density
Students observe a demonstration of regular soda versus diet soda. For this exploring density instructional activity students complete a lab on density and present a PowerPoint presentations of their results.
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Discovering Density
Students explore the physical properties of density. In this hands-on lesson, students calculate density and distinguish between intensive and extensive properties.
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Density: Float or Sink
Students discover density. In this density lesson, students discover the properties of objects that allow them to float or sink in water.
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Reading Equipment with Scales
Students examine the metric system and practice reading several different measuring devices. In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity that helps them know the metric system.
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Sink or Float?
Students analyze the relationship between density, buoyancy, and salinity. In this chemical properties activity, students read a background activity for the activity and experiments to the topics. Students discuss the questions and...
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By Golly, By Gum
Students investigate the ingredients and creation of chewing gum. In this scientific method lesson, students make predictions about what will happen to the mass of a piece of gum as it is chewed by a human. Students graph the...
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Using Density to Identify Wood Types
Pupils identify different woods based on their density. In this density lesson, students use a triple beam balance to find the mass and a metric ruler for the volume. They look through various wood blocks and identify what type of wood...
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Physical properties of matter
Sixth graders find the physical properties of matter. In this matter instructional activity, 6th graders measure mass, volume, and density. Students are broken into 3 tiers with 3 different activities based on their understanding of mass...
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Unit of Measurement
In this unit of measurement worksheet, students identify the symbols for the metric units of measurement. They write the appropriate unit of measurement for eight statements and they solve three density problems.
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Density Laboratory Gizmo
In this mass worksheet, students fill in a chart with different items and their volume, whether they float or sink, and their density. Students complete this for 10 items and answer 6 multiple choice mass questions.
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Student Exploration: Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
In this density learning exercise, students explore an internet program called Gizmo where they do an experiment with density. Students complete 18 questions.
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Deducing Density
In this deducing density worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment about objects floating in water and liquids of different densities, answer questions, collect data and complete charts.
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Student Exploration: Density Laboratory
In this density laboratory worksheet, students complete 2 prior knowledge questions, then use the "Density Laboratory Gizmo" to complete several activities, answering short answer questions when finished.