Performance Task 4.

4:
Convection Current
Amanda Mignonette S. Pineda
Grade 7 - Archimedes
Performance Task 4.4: Convection Current
Rationale: In this activity, students will observe movements of air with different
densities. As a result of this activity, students will understand, identify, and describe
how convection occurs.

Objectives:
• Demonstrate movement of air resulting from differences in density.
• Identify the factors that bring about the differences in densities of air masses.

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Performance Task 4.4: Convection Current
Procedures:

1. Put the water in a plastic container.

2. Place the colored ice cube in the container and observe what will happen.
3. Now, put the colored warm water in the container and see what will happen.
4. Take a picture of your step-by-step procedure in the experiment.
5. Insert the images in this sheet.
You can refer to the video about the procedures of this experiment.

Warning! Be careful in handling the hot water. Observe proper precautions. After
doing the previous step, do not place your hands inside the container. Observe the
direction of the colored liquids from each item.
I. PHOTOS DURING EXPERIMENT

Materials
- Container filled with
room temperature
water

- Blue-colored ice
cubes to represent
cold air

- Red hot water to

represent warm air
I. PHOTOS DURING EXPERIMENT

Blue ice cube placed in

- We can see that it
already starts to
sink to the bottom,
looking at the blue
hues in the water.
I. PHOTOS DURING EXPERIMENT

Red hot water placed in

- As we place the red
hot water in, we can
see that it maintains
to the top of the
surface.
I. PHOTOS DURING EXPERIMENT (video)

Youtube link (since

file is passed in pdf and will
not be played) :

https://youtu.be
/L6MRyhAeOMI
II. Guide Questions:
1. Describe the direction of colored liquid coming from the ice cube.
Since the ice cube is dyed with blue food coloring, we can see that the direction of the colored liquid
coming from the ice cube continues to sink until it reaches the bottom, demonstrating how cold air sinks.

2. What is the movement of the colored liquid from the warm water inside the box?
The warm water is dyed with red food coloring, and we can see that the movement of the red liquid
coming from the warm water continues to maintain its place on the top of the surface.

3. Describe the convection based on your experiment.

Convection is the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and less dense material to
rise and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.

The experiment showcased two materials, the red warm water, and the blue ice cube. Since the red
warm water is hotter, we consider it as the less dense material in our experiment. On the other hand, the
blue ice cube is colder; thus, it is our denser material.

Because the red warm water is less dense, it maintained its place on the top of the surface, even if we
placed the blue ice cube first. For the blue ice cube, it continued to sink to the bottom of the container.
III. Conclusion:
Heat affects the density of water as well. Hot air is less dense than cold air
and will rise above the surface, leaving the cooler air below.

From the experiment, we noticed that even if we placed the blue ice cube
first, it still sank to the bottom of the container, and this is because it is less
dense than the red warm water. On the other hand, the red warm water,
which is less dense, stayed at the top of the surface.

The less denser air rises through the top, and the denser air sinks. The same
goes for air. Convection currents happen within the Earth's magma, water,
and air. It can occur in anything that is not solid and has parts that are
cooler or warmer than other parts.
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