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: Rock and Boat
Students observe Archimedes' principle in action in this challenge where a toy boat is placed in a container of water and a rock is placed on the floating boat. Students must explain why the water level rises/falls/stays the same based...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Finding Amounts of "Stuff": Exploring Density
Learn what density is and how to calculate it using mass and volume.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Show Me the Money
Just what is a penny worth? Students explore various websites or printed fact sheet investigating the history and changes in density of pre- and post- 1982 pennies. They will also research the current price of copper and zinc and compare...
Middle School Science
Mss: Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke
In this demonstration, students will brainstorm to find a solution as to why Diet Coke floats and Coke sinks. Through this exercise students will arrive at a definition of density.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Density
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers density and provides examples of density calculations.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 9.6 Density Problems
Density is a ratio of the mass/people/things to volume/area. Given the density and one of the two quantities in the ratio, solve for the other quantity in the ratio.
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Density: Determined by Using Mass and Volume of a Substance
In this activity, students 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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Physical Science: Matter, Mass, and Volume
This learning module discusses the definition of matter and what mass and volume measure. Module includes pictures, videos, and review questions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Measuring and Comparing Matter
For this activity, young scholars will measure a variety of different materials from the classroom to determine how much matter is found in these materials then determine the mass of these materials using the same volume for each. The...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Density Calculator
Choose a calculation for density p, mass m or Volume V. Enter the other two values and the calculator will solve for the third in the selected units.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Density
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of density and how to calculate density.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Density
An introduction to density, mass, and volume with links to related books and activities.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: You're So Dense Ti 83
Students investigate the relationship between density of an object, its mass and its volume. They use mass and volume measurements to determine the density of pennies. They compare the density of pre-1983 and post-1984 pennies.
California State University
Csudh: Chemistry: Density, Mass and Volume Homework
Practice your density, mass, and volume calculations with these interactive review problems.
California State University
Csudh Project for Chemistry: Mass, Density, and Volume
Use these word problems as a review in the areas of mass, density, and volume.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Rocks: Seeing Your School's Area
In this earth science lab, students will find, identify, and create a visual presentation of the rocks that are found around their school. They will determine the mass, volume, density, color, texture, and hypothesize what each rock is....
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 and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Comparing Liquid Density
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.
Other
Lapeer County Schools Science Resources: Density Lab
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.
USA Today
Usa Today: Understanding Air Density and Its Effects
In simple terms, density is the mass of anything - including air - divided by the volume it occupies. In the metric system, which scientists use, we usually measure density in terms of kilograms per cubic meter. The air's density depends...
Other
Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Density
Density is the ratio of mass to volume. Density will be introduced to students by a demonstration of coke verses diet coke. The teacher will then solve density problems for the students on the board. The class will then complete a lab on...