Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Comparing Densities of Different Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lab experiment has students observe and compare the density of five different liquids while measuring mass and volume.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students act as chemical engineers and use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics to record temperatures and learn about the three states of matter. Properties of matter can be measured in various ways, including volume, mass, density and...
Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Measuring the Heat Capacity of an Engine Coolant Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Measure and compare the heat capacity of an unknown liquid with an unknown density.