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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:

Percent of error (accuracy): (me) measured value - actual value = / actual value = x 100 = %
(Final percent in bold)
1000 mL=1000 cm3
1 mL=1 cm3
Displacement: Is the process to measure the volume of a solid, based on the amount of water that is
displaced.
Initial Volume = 70 ml Final volume = 72.5ml
72.5ml-70ml=2.5cm
Irregularly shaped solids

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

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
TBP work

92ml-75ml=17 cm3 22cm3 17-22=5

5/22*100
22.7%

85ml-75ml=10cm3 11cm3 10-11=-1

-1/11*100
9.0%

76-55=21cm3 29cm3 21-29= -8

-8/29= 0.276
27.6%
 81ml-65ml=21cm3 22cm3 21-22=-1
-1/22-0.045
-0.045 x 100 =
4.5%

Photo Collection

Dilemma Solutions / Possible Combinations