Week 4 - Density and Buoyancy

Lesson 13: Calculating Density

Textbook Readings

ScienceFocus 8
Pages 53 & 57
or
Science in Action 8
Page 43 and study the activity on pages 44, 45

To calculate density, it is necessary to find the mass and volume of an object.

Background Information

The mass of an object divided by the volume of that object is the density .

Measuring Matter
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Experiment Time: Interactive Density Lab 1

Make sure you are in the Interactive Physics Module then

Click on Virtual Density Lab

Experiment Time: Density Lab 2

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Click on double box arrow (top left) to print out the lesson worksheets

Then click on Density Laboratory located as the second link on this search using the word "density."