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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.
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: That Sinking Feeling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Simple experiments dealing with water temperature and density that you can complete in the lab and at home.
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My Science Site

Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Help students brainstorm and find a solution as to why Diet Coke floats and Coke sinks. Student will learn to define what density is as they engage in this creative lab. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Middle School Science

Mss: Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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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
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density & Miscibility

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After students conduct the two associated activities, Density Column Lab - Parts 1 and 2, present this lesson plan to provide them with an understanding of why the density column's oil, water and syrup layers do not mix and how the...
Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Alcohol Density Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the concentration of an alcohol solution from its density.
Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Metals Density Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to identify three unknown metals by measuring their density and comparing their measurements to the densities of known metals. In this randomized version, each student designs and performs...
Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Identifying an Unknown Liquid From Its Density

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to design an experiment to determine the identity of mislabeled bottles using the densities of the solutions inside.
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...
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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.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rainbow Challenge Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry lab activity, students will attempt to layer 6 different kinds of soda pops in a large test tube using their knowledge of density and other physical properties of liquids.
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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: 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...
Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Current Collection of Virtual Lab Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of over 30 virtual chemistry problems with accompanying interactive activities. Each problem includes a word file for potential differentiation in your classroom.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Wave on String Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to help students discover the connections between the linear density of a string and the tension in the string with the speed of the wave along the string. The program can be set with six identical strings or six...
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Force Gravity Bucket Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab was designed to allow students to collect data for the Force Gravity vs. Volume lab for materials and locations that we cannot do in the classroom. Students will fill the bucket to different levels and record the force on the...
Activity
Science is Fun

Fun Science: Sinking and Floating Soda Cans

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do some pop cans float in water while others don't? This easy experiment is a great example of the principle of density.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Determining Bulk Density of Different Soil Samples and Data Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field based lab experiment where students work in groups to come up with a collection strategy and lab analysis to test differences in soil bulk densities. Students bring soil samples back to the classroom to conduct a test that...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Determining the Density, P H and Water Content of Various Area Soils

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this chemistry field lab, young scholars will determine the density, pH, and water content of 4 types of soil. Students compare class data and write a lab report describing their results and then analyze their findings to report on...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Buoyancy, Density, and Fluid Principles: Make Mini Submarine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will use the scientific method to design an experiment that explains how/why a submarine floats and sinks.
Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Identifying the Unknown Metal

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to identify an unknown metal by measuring its density and comparing their measurements to the densities of known metals.

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