Name: Dan, Zeev, Anish Section 5

Displacement

Objective: To use the process of displacement to obtain the data necessary to solve the dilemma while modeling
precision [and the lack of] in measurement.

Notes:
Displacement: Displacement is when something moves from its place or position and is usually
replaced by another substance.
1000 cm3 = 1000 mL
1 cm3 = 1 mL
Percent of error (Accuracy)
(Me) Measured Value = - Actual Value = / Actual Value = X 100 = %
Record to the nearest 100th

Initial volume = 70mL Final volume = 72.5mL, Equation: 72.5mL - 70mL = 2.5cm3

Dilemma: Preparation is Key

Youre running out the door to catch the bus on the first day of school. You realize that you dont have a dark blue
marker and a light blue marker, two mandatory items on the supplies list you got over the summer. Not wanting to
miss the bus, but also not wanting to go unprepared on the very first day, you wish you could freeze this moment in
time, so you could grab the two markers, but which two markers would you grab? With your bag bursting at the
seams, youd only have 45 cm3 left of space to fit the two markers in. Just like that, everything around you stops, and
you realize that your wildest freeze frame moment is now quick which marker combinations could you fit?

Measurable Property: volume of irregular shaped solids

Materials: markers, water for measurement

[insert pic here]

Equipment: graduated cylinders of various sizes, beaker for water, droppers, glass stirring rod

Terms to include: meniscus, eye level, graduated, calibrated, volume, displacement

Images: Precision in procedural steps [include in photo collection below]

Additional Documentation: A table for data collection [as seen below]

Image of marker Volume by displacement [cm3] Actual Value % of error

show equation for work [cm3] show equation for work
TBP

92 mL - 70 mL = 2cm3 22cm3 [(22-22)/22]*100%

= 0%

81 mL-70 mL=11cm3 11cm3 [(11-11)/11]*100%

= 0%

92 mL-70 mL=22cm3 22cm3 [(22-22)/22]*100%

= 0%
 100mL-70mL=30cm3 30cm3 [(30-29)/29]*100%
= 3%

Photo Collection

[insert procedural images here including a no no - lack of precision]

Dilemma Solutions / Possible Combinations

[insert pictures for all possible combinations here]