Science Experiments!

In science I learned many new and interesting things. Like what a Dribble Cup/ Overflow Container is, what water displacement means, and how to find the volume of an irregular object.

I first learned what water displacement meant- finding the amount of volume of an object by moving water out of the way.- Then we actually did an expirement involving water displacment. We tried two experiments, in the first one we put a small sinker and a large sinker one by one into the 100ml graduated cylinder. Jeremy, my partener and my guess was right: The small sinker and the large sinker would push the water level higher. This method was very interesting and I like using the small and large sinkers.

The water displacement method two, involved a dribble cup and a beaker. To do this experiment accurately you have to have lots of patience. You have to pour water into the Dribble Cup till the very top, and the water has to go into the beaker. Once the water is in the beaker you have to do other measurments to figure out the volume of water displaced by a small and large sinker. The results from method one and two came out to be similar but not spot on. We were really close, just a little bit off. Both methods were good but the first method was easier for our group.

In the end not only did we get to use two experiments, we also found out the equation showing the realationship between 1ml of water and 1 cubic centimeter: 1ml= 1cm cubed. We found this out by using methods one and two. We learned that when you put the small and large sinker, in the graduated cylinder the water level rises. The reason it rises is because mass of the sinkers push the water level higher. 

This experiment was very fun, and I enjoyed it a lot. This experiment also taught me a lot about volume in an irregular object. Usually I don't really like science, but this experiment really showed me that science can be very fun.