Earth Science is used in this experiment where students learn how to identify and measure different properties of sand.
This printable education experiment contains a detailed teachers' guide, and three-page student worksheet for printing and distributing in the classroom.
Age Level
This experiment is designed for ages 12-14. It can be adapted for physical science orintroductory chemistry classes.
Subject
Rocks and Minerals; Weathering, Soil and Erosion; Science as Inquiry; and Data Analysis.
Purpose(s)
- 1. To gain experience in collecting mass readings and averaging a set of data.
- 2. To graph data and find the slope of the graph.
- 3. To understand the relationship between mass and volume. (density = mass/volume).
- 4. To compare the density of different sand samples