This week in class we did a lot of stuff involving mass and volume and the relationship between mass and volume. We also did a couple experiments of how cubed centimeters relate to volume.
The first experiment we did was filling a clear plastic cube with water (approximately 4 in X 4 in) and we had to measure the water in centimeters so that means getting the height, width, and length of the water. The next step was to figure out the volume of the water in cubed centimeters and then use a graduated cylinder to find the exact milliliters of the aforementioned water. After doing the same thing five times with varying amounts of water, we were able to graph the data and see how accurate we were with our math and our measurements.
The second experiment all about the relationship between mass and volume and it started with us taking the mass of five steel rods, five aluminum rods, and five acrylic rods for a total of fifteen measurements and then we took the volume of each of them. After recording all our data, we used the laptops to graph it and it showed us and exact graph that completely cut out the human error factor. Then we printed the graphs and taped them in our notebooks.
Afterwards, toward the end of the week we started working on a packet titled "Mass, Volume, and Density" and it dealt with exactly that, and showed us the difference between the three. It also gave us figures with different sizes, different sized particles, and asked us to compare the mass, volume, and density.
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