Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Discovery Lab: Density & Density Cubes

Situation: You are a materials science engineer and you need to recommend a material to use for a new cargo ship.

Problem: What factors affect the buoyancy and strength of a cargo ship?

Hypothesis:
If ____, then ____.


Materials:
-Density cubes (aluminum, steel, brass, copper, acrylic, oak, nylon, pine, poplar, and PVC cubes)
-Metric ruler
-Balance
-Graduated cylinder

Procedure:

Observations:

Conclusions:

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