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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Rising Waters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A unique approach to determining size and weight of an object through water displacement: students are presented with a scenario along with a variety of balls made of different materials and pitchers of water. Working in small groups,...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Gas Mixtures and Molecular Speeds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial helps students use Dalton's Law and mole fraction to calculate the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture. They will learn to calculate...
Interactive
Other

Sim Bucket: Density Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Use water displacement and a mass balance to determine the density of various objects in this interactive simulation.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Density Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Use water displacement and a mass balance to determine the density of various objects in this interactive simulation.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Floaters and Sinkers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Through this curricular unit, students are introduced to the important concept of density. The focus is on the more easily understood densities of solids, but students may also explore the densities of liquids and gases. Students devise...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Will the Cup of Water Overflow When the Ice Melts?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students predict and observe what happens when the ice cubes in a cup of water melt and displace water.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 3: Density

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Six interactive chemistry lessons about density complete with handouts and animations.
Graphic
Curated OER

Rising Waters

For Students 3rd - 5th
A unique approach to determining size and weight of an object through water displacement with a variety of balls made of different materials and pitchers of water.
Lesson Plan
Other

National Science Digital Library: Smile: Aesop's Arithmetic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A cross-curricular lesson plan integrating Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher with an experiment testing the outcome of the fable using volume and displacement concepts.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Anchors Away

For Teachers 5th
In this activity, the students will discover the relationship between an object's mass and the amount of space it takes up (its volume). The students will learn about the concept of displacement and how an object can float if it...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Eureka! Or Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore material properties in hands-on and visually evident ways via the Archimedes' principle. First, they design and conduct an experiment to calculate densities of various materials and present their findings to the class....
Lesson Plan
University of Hawai'i

Density (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson plan is to find the density of regular (volume can be with a mathematical formula) or irregular objects through water displacement. Uses actual SI units (g/cubed cm).
Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: See if a Ring Is Pure Gold

For Students 9th - 10th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one...
Activity
My Science Site

Science Sites: Volume of Irregular Objects [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A cooperative learning activity for any science teacher to use to help their students gain an understanding of how to use a graduated cylinder, define a Meniscus, as well as learning to find the volume of irregular objects using water...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Taking a Bath Led to Archimedes' Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This video explains how the early Greek mathematician Archimedes discovered the principle relating density, volume, and displacement of water. [3:01] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.

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