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8lab Buoyancy

This document provides instructions for a lab experiment on buoyancy and density columns. Students will stack six different substances - water, oil, alcohol, paraffin wax, nail, and cork - in a density column and record their observations. Before beginning, students are asked to hypothesize which substance they think will be at the top based on its density. They will then work in groups to measure the density of two assigned substances and record their calculations and results.

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8lab Buoyancy

This document provides instructions for a lab experiment on buoyancy and density columns. Students will stack six different substances - water, oil, alcohol, paraffin wax, nail, and cork - in a density column and record their observations. Before beginning, students are asked to hypothesize which substance they think will be at the top based on its density. They will then work in groups to measure the density of two assigned substances and record their calculations and results.

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Name: _____________________________________

Date: ___________________

Lab - Buoyancy
Today you will be creating a density column. Did you know it is possible
to stack different liquids?

The 6 substances you will be stacking today are:


water
oil
alcohol
paraffin wax
nail
cork
Question: Which of these substances do you think will be at the very top
of the density column?
Hypothesis: ___________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Procedure:
1. In groups of 4, you will be assigned 2 of the 6 substances.
2. You will measure the density of these 2 substances.
Results:
Show your calculations here.
Substance 1:

Substance 2:

Name: _____________________________________
Date: ___________________

Substance 3:

Substance 4:

Results table:
Substance

Mass
(g)

Volume
(mL)

Density
(g/mL)

Water
Oil
Alcohol
Paraffin wax
Nail
Cork

Based on these results, draw what you believe the density column will
look like.

Name: _____________________________________
Date: ___________________

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