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