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Chemquest: Physical Changes or Chemical Reactions
Students study the differences between physical and chemical changes. In this chemical reactions lesson students participate in an indoor and outdoor lab activity.
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Specific Gravity-The Relative Density of Liquids
Students explore a hydrometer. In this gravity lesson students construct a hydrometer and create a liquid density column.
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Condiment Diver: The World's Simplest Cartesian Diver
Students examine buoyancy. In this density lesson students form a hypothesis, collect data and draw a conclusion using the data.
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Why Could the Hindenburg Float?
Tenth graders experiment with floating and sinking objects and heavy and light liquids, using correct terms, like density, to explain what happens. In this Hindenburg instructional activity, 10th graders watch a demonstration called the...
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Come On Down!
Students research the implementation of a research vessel used for ocean exploration. In buoyancy lesson students will construct a device that shows neutral buoyancy.
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Density
Students observe a demonstration of regular soda versus diet soda. In this exploring density instructional activity students complete a lab on density and present a PowerPoint presentations of their results.
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Discovering Density
Students explore the physical properties of density. In this hands-on activity, students calculate density and distinguish between intensive and extensive properties.
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Density: Float or Sink
Middle schoolers discover density. In this density instructional activity, students discover the properties of objects that allow them to float or sink in water.
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Reading Equipment with Scales
Pupils examine the metric system and practice reading several different measuring devices. In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity that helps them know the metric system.
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Sink or Float?
Students analyze the relationship between density, buoyancy, and salinity. In this chemical properties lesson plan, students read a background activity for the lesson plan and experiments to the topics. Students discuss the questions and...
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By Golly, By Gum
Young scholars investigate the ingredients and creation of chewing gum. In this scientific method lesson, students make predictions about what will happen to the mass of a piece of gum as it is chewed by a human. Young scholars graph...
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Using Density to Identify Wood Types
Students identify different woods based on their density. In this density lesson, students use a triple beam balance to find the mass and a metric ruler for the volume. They look through various wood blocks and identify what type of wood...
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Physical properties of matter
Sixth graders find the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson, 6th graders measure mass, volume, and density. Students are broken into 3 tiers with 3 different activities based on their understanding of mass and volume.
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Unit of Measurement
In this unit of measurement worksheet, middle schoolers identify the symbols for the metric units of measurement. They write the appropriate unit of measurement for eight statements and they solve three density problems.
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Density Laboratory Gizmo
In this mass worksheet, learners fill in a chart with different items and their volume, whether they float or sink, and their density. Students complete this for 10 items and answer 6 multiple choice mass questions.
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Student Exploration: Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
In this density activity, students explore an internet program called Gizmo where they do an experiment with density. Students complete 18 questions.
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Deducing Density
In this deducing density worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment about objects floating in water and liquids of different densities, answer questions, collect data and complete charts.
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Student Exploration: Density Laboratory
In this density laboratory instructional activity, learners complete 2 prior knowledge questions, then use the "Density Laboratory Gizmo" to complete several activities, answering short answer questions when finished.
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Density
Students explore the meaning of density. In this density instructional activity, students use interactive whiteboards to review definitions regarding density and compare the density of selected objects.
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How Does the USS Alabama Float?
Students investigate buoyancy. In this buoyancy lesson, students apply the Archimedes Principle of Buoyancy to the experiment conducted in class to determine how battleships float.
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Density in Relation to Float and Sink
Young scholars explore the concept of density. In this density lesson, students determine the density of various objects. Young scholars use the density of the various objects to predict the density of various unknown solutions.
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Floating Paper Clip
In this density worksheet, students conduct a science experiment. Following the given directions, students must work to get paper clips to float.
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Time and Rate
In this rate graphing worksheet, students graph four examples of rate vs. time. Then students complete 20 short answer questions.
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Density: Floating, Sinking, and Suspending
Students observe teacher demonstrations that illustrate density. In this density lesson, the teacher demonstrates how air bubbles in a carbonated drink can cause a raisin to float and how an egg sinks in fresh water, but floats in salt...