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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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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.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Comparing Liquid Density

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Because different liquids have different properties, density also differs. In this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology, learners will calculate densities of water, dish-washing detergent, cooking oil, and other liquids.
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Article
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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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.
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Unit Plan
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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Interactive
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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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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Lesson Plan
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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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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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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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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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fluids

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module you will be introduced to a unit on fluid dynamics. Learn how an object's density relates to its mass and volume by completing various activities and interactives.
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Handout
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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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Attack of the Raging River

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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 also learn about the concepts of displacement and density.
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Interactive
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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Activity
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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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Symbols in Chemical Equations

For Students 3rd - 8th
Chem4Kids! provides an overview of the symbols representing numerical values in chemical equations. Each symbol is defined and described.
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Wind Classroom Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When air is warmed, it expands and becomes less dense. As the air becomes less dense, its air pressure decreases. This occurs because molecules in warm air have greater kinetic energy (energy of motion) than in cold air. As the molecules...
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Website
Other

Online Conversion

For Students 9th - 10th
Conversion calculators galore! Convert just about anything from one measureable unit into another measureable unit here with over two dozen calculators. Each of the links is specific to a measureable quantity. Some examples include...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Properties of Matter

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short quiz on the properties of matter, covering mass, density, weight, and volume.
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring and Comparing Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For 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...
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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...

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