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    The document provides instructions for using online simulations to learn about volume, density, and how density determines whether objects sink or float. Learners are asked to calculate the volume and density of blocks with different masses and materials, use density to identify mystery blocks, and observe how materials with densities greater than or less than water either sink or float. Determining an object's density allows identification of its material and predicts if it will sink or float based on comparison to the density of water.

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    The document provides instructions for using online simulations to learn about volume, density, and how density determines whether objects sink or float. Learners are asked to calculate the volume and density of blocks with different masses and materials, use density to identify mystery blocks, and observe how materials with densities greater than or less than water either sink or float. Determining an object's density allows identification of its material and predicts if it will sink or float based on comparison to the density of water.

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    The document provides instructions for using online simulations to learn about volume, density, and how density determines whether objects sink or float. Learners are asked to calculate the volume and density of blocks with different masses and materials, use density to identify mystery blocks, and observe how materials with densities greater than or less than water either sink or float. Determining an object's density allows identification of its material and predicts if it will sink or float based on comparison to the density of water.

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    Virtual Density Lab 2018 PDF

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    The document provides instructions for using online simulations to learn about volume, density, and how density determines whether objects sink or float. Learners are asked to calculate the volume and density of blocks with different masses and materials, use density to identify mystery blocks, and observe how materials with densities greater than or less than water either sink or float. Determining an object's density allows identification of its material and predicts if it will sink or float based on comparison to the density of water.

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    Virtual Density Lab

    Essential Vocabulary:

    Volume = _________________________________________________________________________
    Remember: Final Volume – Initial Volume = Volume of Object units ___________

    Density = _________________________________________________________________________

    Formula to calculate density: density = _________________ units ________


    1. Click on the first website. On the left side of your screen click on the drop down menu for
    material and select a material for your block, record its mass, volume, and calculate its density.
    To complete this table change the size of your block two times, and record its new mass,
    volume, and calculate its new density each time you change its size.
    Note: Make sure that the block is completely submerged under the water. Round the answers
    for density to the nearest tenths place.

    2. Record your observations on the data table below:


    Table A-Show your calculations for volume & density.
    Name of the material:

    Mass (Kg) Volume (L) Density (kg/ L)

    Did the density change? __________

    Explain why the density did/did not change:____________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________________________

    3. On the right side of your screen click on mystery blocks. Find the density of these objects to
    help you identify each one of the materials. Once you have found their density, click on “show
    table” to identify what EACH object is made of.
    Table B
    Object Mass (kg) Volume (L) Density (kg/L) What is it?
    A

    E
    4. How does finding density of an object help you identify the material that each block is made of?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    5. Now click on the second website, to find out why some objects sink and others float.
    Table C
    Does it Sink or
    Material Mass (g) Volume (mL) Density (g/mL)
    Float?

    Wood

    Aluminum

    Plastic

    Lead

    Candle

    Rubber

    6. Which materials sunk?


    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    7. Which materials floated?


    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    8. The density of water is 1 g/cm3 (1 gram per cubic centimeter); using this fact as a reference &
    Table C, how would you determine if an object sinks or floats?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    First website:

    http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/density-and-buoyancy/density_en.html

    Second website:

    http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0078741858/365081/CT01.html

    Extra practice:

    http://www.karlyoder.com/flash_density.html

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