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dense/density: 5th Grade 🌐 Ver en Español

Chemical Sciences
Properties and Changes of Matter
Vertical Alignment

TEKS:

4th: 4.6(A)
5th: 5.6(A)
6th: 6.6(D)

NGSS:

5th: 5-PS1-3
MS: MS-PS1-2 MS-ESS2-6
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Structured Conversation Questions
Observational

What does it mean for something to be more or less dense?

If something is more dense, …​ If something is less dense, …
Relational

How is density related to mass?

Density is related to mass because…
Inferential

If you had two objects, how could you determine which one is more dense?

I could determine which object is more dense by…
Vocab Visual

Stephen

If students answer the last question "one sinks and one floats," you can follow up with "what if both sunk? How could you tell which one is more dense?"

11-30-21

Stephen

One answer to the above question might be, "the one that sinks faster is more dense."

11-30-21

Gunjeet Bhatt

Word wall visual not found for density

01-23-24

Stephen Fleenor

Whoops! Fixed it, thanks for letting us know!

01-23-24

Jennifer Nguyen

4th Grade TEKS mentions Relative Density directly. Can we get a lesson about the relationship between water and objects?

07-25-24

Stephen Fleenor

Absolutely! Search for dense/density and you'll find a 4th-Grade visual for "relative density."

10-19-24

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