Lesson 43 of 84 · Matter and Atoms
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenDensity: Sink or Float? (Part 2)
Matter and Atoms.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.
Mind = Blown
💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?
What You'll Learn
Density is how much mass is packed into a given volume. Objects denser than water sink, while less dense objects float. Oil floats on water because it is less dense.
Key Words
- ion
- isotope
Steps
Read the introduction and identify the main idea of this lesson.
Conduct a chromatography experiment: use a coffee filter and markers to separate the pigments in different colored inks.
Observe what happens and describe it in detail.
Record your observations in your science journal with measurements and descriptions.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is density?
Where you see this in real life
This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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