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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Density: Determined by Using Mass and Volume of a Substance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, learners investigate the history of density, its uses, and applications. Students will generate and calculate data applying it to a graph. They will be looking at the relationship between mass and volume.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Chemical Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
You should be able to calculate the masses of reactants and products from balanced equations, and the formula of a compound from information about reacting masses.
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Irregular Shaped Object Lab Test

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Interactive
Other

Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Dense Are You Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Solution Concentration

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will calculate the concentration of solutions in units of molarity, and use molarity to calculate the dilutions of solutions.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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Other

Online Conversion

For Students 9th - 10th
Conversion calculators galore! Convert just about anything from one measureable unit into another measureable unit here with over two dozen calculators. Each of the links is specific to a measureable quantity. Some examples include...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Finding Amounts of "Stuff": Exploring Density

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn what density is and how to calculate it using mass and volume.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Density

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers density and provides examples of density calculations.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Density

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define density, calculate the mass of a reservoir from its density, and compare and contrast the densities of various substances.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Estimating Buoyancy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn that buoyancy is responsible for making boats, hot air balloons and weather balloons float. They calculate whether or not a boat or balloon will float, and calculate the volume needed to make a balloon or boat of a certain...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: What Is Density?

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial is an explanation of the properties of density.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: What Is Density?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Calculate the density of cubes made of different materials to determine what type of material it contains. Using this information explain that the size, mass, and arrangement of the atoms or molecules of a substance determines its density.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Density

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of density and how to calculate density.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Comparing Liquid Density

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Because different liquids have different properties, density also differs. In this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology, students will calculate densities of water, dish-washing detergent, cooking oil, and other liquids.
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Other

Lapeer County Schools Science Resources: Density Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple lab experiment for students to find the density of two solids and a liquid (does not use water displacement). Note that number 1d should not state "weighs" since mass is being found.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Is All Ice Created Equal? A Density Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bone Crusher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a tension-compression machine or an alternative bone-breaking setup to see how different bones fracture differently and with different amounts of force, depending on their body locations. Teams determine bone mass and...