Density Tower Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Heaviest for its size sinks): 1. Pour honey slowly into the glass to fill about a quarter. 2. Pour coloured water gently down the side of the glass. 3. Pour the cooking oil gently on top and watch the layers settle. 4. Gently drop in a cork and a coin, see where each stops, and wipe up oil spills.
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- 1.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how much of each liquid (b) the same three liquids (c) the same glass (d) the order of pouring
- 2.🧺 Do we need yeast for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.🍯 Is honey denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) a cork (c) very salty water (d) air
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) water with food colour (d) yeast
- 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) honey (b) cooking oil (c) a magnet (d) a tall clear glass
- 7.🍯 Is very salty water denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a spoon (c) cooking oil (d) honey
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) water with food colour (b) a tall clear glass (c) cooking oil (d) a balloon
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cork (b) cooking oil (c) a ping-pong ball (d) a glass marble
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: how much of each liquid is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) honey (b) a spoon (c) cooking oil (d) yeast
- 13.True or false: a tall clear glass is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: how much of each liquid is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of pouring is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil makes it rain (b) oil attracts magnets (c) spilled oil is slippery (d) oil turns into honey
- 18.🍯 Is a cork denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same three liquids is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) a glass marble (c) a coin (d) very salty water
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) honey (c) water with food colour (d) a tall clear glass
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) honey (c) a magnet (d) cooking oil
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same three liquids”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 24.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a coin into the tower. Where does it end up? (a) in the oil layer (b) on top of the oil (c) at the very bottom (d) in the water layer
- 25.🧺 Do we need cooking oil for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a balloon (c) water with food colour (d) a tall clear glass
- 27.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) air (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) an ice cube
- 28.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same glass is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🍯 Why does honey sink to the bottom of the glass? (a) it is the coldest (b) it is yellow (c) it is the densest (d) it is the stickiest
- 31.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a glass marble (b) an ice cube (c) very salty water (d) a coin
- 32.True or false: a magnet is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of the layers is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a tall clear glass (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) a mirror
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honey (b) a coin (c) very salty water (d) an ice cube
- 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a magnet (b) cooking oil (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
- 38.🍯 Is an ice cube denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the order of the layers (b) the same glass (c) the order of pouring
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of pouring is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- the order of pouring
- not needed
- denser than water
- very salty water
- water with food colour
- a magnet
- denser than water
- a mirror
- a balloon
- a glass marble
- True
- yeast
- False
- we keep it the same
- False
- False
- spilled oil is slippery
- less dense than water
- False
- a ping-pong ball
- a battery cell
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- at the very bottom
- needed
- a balloon
- honey
- True
- False
- it is the densest
- an ice cube
- False
- True
- False
- a mirror
- an ice cube
- cooking oil
- less dense than water
- the same glass
- True
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