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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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USA Today

Usa Today: Understanding Air Density and Its Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Ideal Gases and Gas Stoichiometry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will learn the Ideal Gas Law, and know which of the different values for the ideal gas constant to use in a given...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Floating and Sinking: Hot Air Balloons

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do hot air balloons float? This resource from the NOVA Web site offers a series of interactive activities that illustrates the physics of hot air balloons.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Water Density

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Demonstrate the effect that dissolving different amounts of salt in water has on the density of the liquid.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Going Fishing

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to change the mass and volume of an item and observe if it floats, sinks, or remains at a certain depth in the water. Students will also be able to change the liquid in level 2.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Rocks: Seeing Your School's Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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....
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introductory Concepts in Soil Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this introductory lab activity, students will collect data that will graphically illustrate the relationship between mass and volume in determining the density in chemistry. Based on density, students will seek to determine a...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Matter's Physical Properties: Interactive Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, learn what the "physical properties" of matter are and how can they be measured and observed.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg How Many Cells Are in the Human Body?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
About how many cells are in the human body? The purpose of this task is for students to apply the concepts of mass, volume, and density in a real-world context. Aligns with G-MG.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg a Ton of Snow

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are asked to find out how much snow has been shoveled using the concepts of area, depth, density, and rate. Aligns with HSG-MG.A.2.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Show Me the Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring and Comparing Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students 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 data will...
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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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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...
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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...
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Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Matter

For Students 4th - 8th
Discover atoms and molecules which make up matter, motion of atoms and how to measure the mass, volume and density of matter.
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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...
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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: Taking the Boat to Manaus

For Teachers 5th
In this activity, the students will apply the concepts they learned regarding mass, volume and density in the previous activities to design a boat.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

International System of Units: Si Base Units

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the definitive source for information on SI base units, derived units, squares, cubes, luminosity, field strength and flux density.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Attack of the Raging River

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, the students will discover the relationship between an object's mass and the amount of space it takes up (its volume). The students will also learn about the concepts of displacement and density.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Jason: How Dense Is Salt Water?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Disappearing Wetlands: Explore the relationship between mass, density, and salinity by measuring the mass and volume of four saltwater solutions of increasing strength.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: What's More Dense

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Compare the density of water, corn oil and corn syrup by trying to float different items in each material and then putting all three liquids into one container.

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