Fun and Easy Lab for School

Comparing mass and volume

Purpose:

To determine the mass-to-volume ratio of different amounts of the same substance.

Materials:

graduated cylinder (100 ml)

beaker (250 ml)

water

corn syrup

40 pennies

Procedure:

Part A

1 make a table

2 use a balance to measure mass of cylinder

3 use a balance to measure mass of cylinder and water

(20 ml)

4 calculate mass of the water

5 repeat steps 1 to 4 using 40 ml then 80 ml of water

6 empty and dry cylinder

7 get a beaker of corn syrup (80 ml)

8 repeat steps 1 to 6 using corn syrup instead of water

9 clean and dry

Part B

10 measure mass of 20 pennies

11 place the 20 pennies in 10 ml of water and measure the rise in water level to measure volume

12Repeat steps 10 and 1130 and 40 pennies