We are learning about density in science. What is density? Students explored the concept of density by examining two same sized buckets that were filled with different things. One bucket was filled with paper towels and the other was filled with modelling clay. We asked how the clay bucket could be so much heavier, since both buckets were the same size and both filled. We discovered that it was heavier because it was more 'dense'. We said that when something is dense, it means that it has 'lots of stuff in it'. After that, we used sugar water to demonstrate density and to see it in action. We took 4 cups and filled each one with the same amount of water but different amounts of sugar. We then coloured each with a different colour of food colouring. Finally, we layered our sugar water, starting with the one with the most sugar because it's the most dense. We were amazed at how our rainbow was created and thought it looked awesome! Check out our experiment in the pictures!
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