Density
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About
Topics
- Density
- Mass
- Volume
Description
Why do objects like wood float in water? Does it depend on size? Create a custom object to explore the effects of mass and volume on density. Can you discover the relationship? Use the scale to measure the mass of an object, then hold the object under water to measure its volume. Can you identify all the mystery objects?
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe how the concept of density relates to an object's mass and volume.
- Explain how objects of similar mass can have differing volume, and how objects of similar volume can have differing mass.
- Explain why changing an object's mass or volume does not affect its density (ie, understand density as an intensive property).
- Measure the volume of an object by observing the amount of fluid it displaces.
- Identify an unknown material by calculating its density and comparing to a table of known densities.
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
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| Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Demo HW Lab |
| Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Demo HW |
| Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET |
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Trish Loeblein | HS MS UG-Intro |
MC |
| Density-introduction |
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Katherine Perkins, Christine Denison | HS MS |
Lab Demo CQs |
| Density: How Does Density Relate to Mass &Volume and an Object's Interaction with Water? |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW CQs |
| Exploring (proportional) Density |
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Mary Burr | MS | Guided | |
| Investigating Density, Volume, Mass and Weight |
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Dr. Wendy Adams | UG-Intro K-5 MS HS |
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| Relative Density - sink or float |
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Jackie Esler | MS | Lab HW |
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| Density Lesson (with Putty Lab) |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | |
| Density and Buoyancy |
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Milton Johnson | HS MS |
HW Lab |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
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| Density Simulation | Eric Wright | MS | Lab | ||
| High School Inclusion Class Density Lab | Clarence Canty | MS HS |
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| Density Lab | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Lab Guided |
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| Density and Earth's Crust | Rosemary Boardman | MS | Guided | ||
| Density | Melanie Williams | MS | HW Discuss |
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| Pool Cubes 1 - Density | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | HS | Lab | ||
| Density Lab | beverly eason | HS | HW | ||
| Density-MS | Tamara Sneed | MS | Other | ||
| Densitat | Jordi Plana | MS | Lab HW |
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| Opdracht over Dichtheid | Asma Sihmidi | MS | Demo Guided Discuss |
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| masse volumique | Jinane Aoun | MS | Lab Guided |
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| Φυλλάδιο Παρατηρήσεων πειραμάτων μέτρησης πυκνότητας | Παπανικολάου Γεώργιος (M. ed.) | MS | Lab | ||
| Εργαστήριο Πυκνότητας | Ιωάννης Λεύκος | K-5 | Lab | ||
| Rapat Massa | Fayakun Muchlis | MS HS |
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| Densità | Natasha S | MS HS |
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| Densità_attività lab._ITALIANO | Natasha Samousenko | HS MS |
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| 밀도 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | K-5 MS |
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| Atividade de hidróstática | JOÃO SILVA | MS | Lab Guided HW |
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| Plano de Aula Density | Manuel Bandeira dos Santos Neto | HS | Lab Demo Guided |
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| Simulações no Ensino de Fisica | Carla Tavares | HS | HW Demo Guided MC Discuss Lab Other |
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| Densidade | Diogo Magalhães | HS | Guided Lab |
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| Densidades | norman moreno | UG-Intro | Lab Guided |
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| Densidad de solidos | daniel cruz ochoa | MS | Lab |
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Related Simulations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10 Macromedia Flash 9 or later
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OS X 10.9.5 or later Macromedia Flash 9 or later
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Macromedia Flash 9 or later
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Credits
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