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.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) honey (c) very salty water (d) a ping-pong ball
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) water with food colour
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) air (c) a glass marble (d) cooking oil
- 5.⚖️ 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
- 6.📘 What does “dense” mean? (a) very hot (b) heavy for its size (c) very thin (d) very colourful
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cooking oil (b) a spoon (c) a battery cell (d) water with food colour
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) cooking oil (c) water with food colour (d) a tall clear glass
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) very salty water (d) cooking oil
- 10.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) on top of the oil (b) in the water layer (c) in the honey layer (d) under the honey
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) a cork (c) a pebble (d) air
- 12.⚖️ 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 order of pouring”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) turmeric powder (c) water with food colour (d) cooking oil
- 14.🍯 Is very salty water denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 15.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) pour it on the floor (b) do not lick the spoon (c) throw the glass (d) taste each layer
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) air (c) a glass marble (d) a pebble
- 18.⚖️ 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) the order of pouring (b) the order of the layers (c) the same glass (d) the same three liquids
- 19.True or false: a ping-pong ball is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a tall clear glass is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: cooking oil is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil makes it rain (b) oil attracts magnets (c) oil turns into honey (d) spilled oil is slippery
- 23.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) honey (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
- 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) honey (b) a balloon (c) a spoon (d) water with food colour
- 26.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 27.⚖️ 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 pouring (b) the order of the layers (c) the same three liquids
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same glass (b) the order of pouring (c) how much of each liquid (d) the order of the layers
- 29.⚖️ 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 pouring (b) the same glass (c) the order of the layers
- 30.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a coin into the tower. Where does it end up? (a) in the water layer (b) in the oil layer (c) on top of the oil (d) at the very bottom
- 31.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a cork (b) air (c) honey (d) an ice cube
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) honey (b) cooking oil (c) a tall clear glass (d) a mirror
- 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 pouring is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: water with food colour is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice cube (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a pebble
- 36.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 37.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 38.🍯 Is a glass marble denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 39.True or false: a tall clear glass is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 40.⚖️ 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 “how much of each liquid”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
Answer key
- not needed
- a ping-pong ball
- water with food colour
- a glass marble
- False
- heavy for its size
- a battery cell
- a balloon
- cooking oil
- on top of the oil
- a pebble
- we change it
- turmeric powder
- denser than water
- not needed
- do not lick the spoon
- air
- the order of pouring
- False
- True
- False
- spilled oil is slippery
- not needed
- honey
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- the same three liquids
- the order of the layers
- the same glass
- at the very bottom
- honey
- a mirror
- True
- False
- an ice cube
- True
- False
- denser than water
- False
- we keep it the same
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