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