Density Rainbow and the Great Viscosity Race

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Density Rainbow and the Great Viscosity Race

Description:

Students explore the densities and viscosities of fluids as they create a colorful 'rainbow' using household liquids. While letting the fluids in the rainbow settle, students conduct 'The Great Viscosity Race,' another short experiment that illustrates the difference between viscosity and density. Later, students record the density rainbow with sketches and/or photography.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8, 9

Subject:

Physics, Physical Sciences

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

TeachEngineering

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Keywords:

Science experiments, Density, Viscosity, Fluids

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers, Middle school teachers

Publisher:

TeachEngineering

Is Part Of:

http://www.teachengineering.org

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Food coloring; 1 rectangular glass container or vase; Disposable cups; Marker; Isopropyl alcohol; Shampoo; Strawberry syrup; Corn syrup; Cooking oil; Ketchup; Chocolate syrup; 8 oz drinking glass; Spoons; White paper; Tape; Pencils

Learning Time:

40 minutes

Referenced Resources/Versions

Required Learning:

http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/activities/cub_flow/cub_flow_act...

Required Learning:

http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/activities/cub_flow/cub_flow_act...

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Observation

Learning Outcomes:

Exact Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

The Number System

Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.

Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram.

Exact Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

High School — Geometry

Congruence

Experiment with transformations in the plane

5. Given a geometric figure and a rotation, reflection, or translation, draw the transformed figure using, e.g., graph paper, tracing paper, or geometry software. Specify a sequence of transformations that will carry a given figure onto another.

Exact Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

High School — Geometry

Congruence

Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions

Use geometric descriptions of rigid motions to transform figures and to predict the effect of a given rigid motion on a given figure; given two figures, use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to decide if they are congruent.

Exact Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

High School — Algebra

Seeing Structure in Expressions

Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems

Choose and produce an equivalent form of an expression to reveal and explain properties of the quantity represented by the expression.^★

Complete the square in a quadratic expression to reveal the maximum or minimum value of the function it defines.

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