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Resources required
Slide 22 is a good extension task for higher ability students.
For practical:
• digital balance
• displacement can and something to stand it on (eg a brick)
• various measuring cylinders
• beaker of water and an extra empty beaker
• paper towels
• cotton or thin string
• irregularly shaped objects.
Metal blocks for regular solids practical
Practise exam questions and practical sheet available in the file.
Common misconceptions/sticking points
Density is not the weight of an object – it is the mass per unit volume. Students often think of it as how ‘heavy’ an object is.
Useful links
Lesson title L.O Key Vocab Activities Literacy Feedback Challenge Support
Density and density Know more Mass Connect: 5 QQ questions PUSH: Green pen for
required practical Use the density Volume Content connect task
equation in a wide Density Linking density with real Self/peer assessment
variety of calculations Displacement world examples – depth of why gases have a
Do more markers on boats lower density than
Use appropriate
Explanation of why gases solids
significant figures in
final answers when have a lower density than FRAYER: Self/peer assessment
measuring density solids of density
Evaluate in detail the Introduction to density calculations
experimental equation Self/peer assessment
measurement of Application of consolidation
density, accounting for Calculating density task exam question
errors in measurement Required practical task – extended writing
collecting data
Problem Solving Consolidate:
LAP: Create solutions
for complex problems Exam question –
by evaluating the extended writing
positive and negative
effects of a range of
options
MAP: Analyse
complex problems by
using logical
reasoning
HAP: Analyse complex
problems by creating
and testing
hypothesis
INSERT SPECIFICATION
Date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Title: Density
Quick Quiz (in your books)
1. What are the four energy transfers?
2. What happens to wasted energy in a
system?
3. State the equation for efficiency
4. What does AC/DC mean?
Date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Title: Density
Quick Quiz (in your books)
1. What are the four energy transfers?
Mechanically (by force), Electrically, By
Heating, By Waves
2. What happens to wasted energy in a
system? Dissipated to the surroundings
3. State the equation for efficiency.
Efficiency = Energy output/Energy input
4. What does AC/DC mean? Alternating
current and direct current
Learning Goals
Use the density equation in a wide variety of calculations
Use appropriate significant figures in final answers
when measuring density
Evaluate in detail the experimental measurement of Key words
density, accounting for errors in measurement
Mass
Problem Solving Volume
LAP: Create solutions for complex problems by evaluating the Density
positive and negative effects of a range of options Displacement
MAP: Analyse complex problems by using logical reasoning
HAP: Analyse complex problems by creating and testing hypothesis
Content
What could these marks be for on the
side of a ship?
Consider the different types of water
that a ship sails through.
Content
The marks are for showing where a
ships height above the water would
be in different types of water. Salt
water is denser than fresh water so
the ship would sit higher in the water.
Content
Thinking about our diagrams,
can you explain why gases have
a lower density than solids?
Content
In a gas, the particles are more spread out
This means that in a certain volume, there
are less particles
This means that there is less mass per cubic
metre, hence a lower density
Density is the amount of mass per
unit volume.
Content
g or kg
Mass
Density =
Volume
g/cm3 or kg/m3 m3
ρ V
Content
• Useful stuff
• 1cm = 0.01m to convert from cm to m divide by 100
• 1g = 0.001kg to convert from g to kg divide by 1000
• 1ml = 1x10-6m3 to convert from ml to m3 divide by 1 000 000
Content I do
We
do
You
do
Figure 1 shows a copper cube with sides
25cm. The mass of the cube is 140kg.
Calculate the volume of the cube in m3
Calculate the density of the copper.
Calculate the volume of the copper cube
of mass 2.2kg
Application
1. You have a rock with a volume of 15cm3 and a mass of 45 g. What is its
density?
2. You have a different rock with a volume of 30cm3 and a mass of 60g. What
is its density?
3. You decide you want to carry a boulder home from the beach. It is 30
centimeters on each side, and so has a volume of 27,000 cm3. It is made of
granite, which has a typical density of 2.8 g/cm3. How much will this boulder
weigh?
Application
1.
2.
3
Application
How do you measure the volume of a REGULAR
SOLID? • Measure the three
lengths and
2.0 cm calculate the
Volume.
(i.e. Volume = length
x width x height )
3.0 cm
4 x 2 x 3 = 24cm3
4.0 cm
Application Required Practical
Application
Length Width Height Volume Mass Density Predict which
in cm in cm in cm in cm3 in g in g/cm3 material you
have
Application
Activity 2: Irregular shaped objects.
You are provided with the following:
• digital balance
• displacement can and something to stand it on (eg a brick)
• various measuring cylinders
• beaker of water and an extra empty beaker
• paper towels
• cotton or thin string
• irregularly shaped objects.
Diagram
Application Required activity 2 Irregular shaped
objects
• Place a displacement can on a brick. Put an empty beaker under the spout and fill the can with water. Water should be
dripping from the spout.
• Wait until the water stops dripping. Then place a measuring cylinder under the spout instead of the beaker.
• Choose the measuring cylinder you think will give the most precise reading.
• Tie the object to a piece of cotton. Very carefully lower it into the displacement can so that it is completely submerged.
• Collect all of the water that comes out of the spout in the measuring cylinder.
• Measure and record the volume of the collected water. This volume is equal to the volume of the object.
• Calculate and record the density of the object.
• Try to find out what substance it is made from.
• Repeat steps 1‒7 for some other objects.
• Remember to refill the can each time.
Application
Volume Mass Density Predict which
Object material you
in cm3 in g in g/cm3
have
Application Stretch activity
Consolidation
Consolidate