1. IS IT MASS OR WEIGHT? LAB BY. KATHERINE PEASE

2. IN SMALL GROUPS OF 3 TO 4 PEOPLE, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW….. “DOES 1 CUP OF PEA GRAVEL OR 1 CUP OF SAND HAVE MORE MASS? WHICH ONE WILL HAVE MORE WEIGHT, 1 CUP OF PEA GRAVEL OR 1 CUP OF SAND?”

3. CLASS DISCUSSION TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS CLASS PREDICTIONS

4. RESEARCH TO HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION… HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=- F5NMIJOF4U HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=- F5NMIJOF4U RE-DISCUSS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN SMALL GROUPS, RECORD ANSWERS REGROUP AND DISCUSS NEW INFORMATION GATHERED

5. COLLECT INFORMATION HTTP://PREZI.COM/OCRUGPWY4BXJ/COPY-OF- SCIENCE-SKILLS/ HTTP://PREZI.COM/OCRUGPWY4BXJ/COPY-OF- SCIENCE-SKILLS/ AS THE CLASS GOES THROUGH THE PPT, STUDENTS WILL USE INFORMATION GATHERED TO COMPLETE A FOLDABLE

6. DRAW THIS CHART IN JOURNAL… WILL USE TO RECORD DATA… BeakerMassVolume Emptyn/a Pea Gravel Sand

7. HOW TO USE A TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE REVIEW… HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=YTUZ7 ZUHBOU HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=YTUZ7 ZUHBOU

8. ONCE COMPLETE FOLDABLE…. USE NEW INFORMATION GATHERED FROM FOLDABLE TO RE-ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW STUDENTS WILL USE TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE TO … 1} MEASURE EMPTY BEAKER, RECORD AMOUNT 2} MEASURE BEAKER WITH PEA GRAVEL, SUBTRACT EMPTY BEAKER WEIGHT, RECORD WEIGHT OF PEA GRAVEL IN JOURNAL 3: SAME STEPS AS DONE IN STEP 2 BUT WITH BEAKER OF SAND DID YOU ANSWER CHANGE? WHY OR WHY NOT?

9. LET’S TEST IT…… STUDENTS WILL COLLECT 2 BEAKERS PER GROUP, 1 FILLED WITH SAND AND 1 WITH PEA GRAVEL STUDENTS MAKE PREDICTIONS BASED OFF OF LIFTING EACH IN OWN HANDS STUDENTS WILL FILL IN CHART TO AID IN COLLECTING DATA FROM THE LAB. USE DATA TO PREDICT WHICH ITEM HAS MORE MASS, MORE WEIGHT

10. LAB CONTINUED…. STUDENTS WILL USE TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE TO … 1} MEASURE EMPTY BEAKER, RECORD AMOUNT 2} MEASURE BEAKER WITH PEA GRAVEL, SUBTRACT EMPTY BEAKER WEIGHT, RECORD WEIGHT OF PEA GRAVEL IN JOURNAL 3: SAME STEPS AS DONE IN STEP 2 BUT WITH BEAKER OF SAND

11. CONCLUSION TO LAB….. USING THE INFORMATION GATHERED IN YOUR CHART DETERMINE IF YOUR FIRST ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS BELOW WAS CORRECT OR NOT.. EXPLAIN WHY. “DOES 1 CUP OF PEA GRAVEL OR 1 CUP OF SAND HAVE MORE MASS? WHICH ONE WILL HAVE MORE WEIGHT, 1 CUP OF PEA GRAVEL OR 1 CUP OF SAND?” IF WE DID THIS SAME PROCEDURE ON THE LAB WOULD ARE RESULTS BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT? WHY?