Name:

Grade & Section: Date:

Activity 3
Handling a Pipette and a Balance

A. Handling a Pipette
1. Place half water on a beaker.
2. Fill the pipette with water using the correct way of handling the pipette.
3. Count how many drops it takes to fill a small graduated cylinder to the 1 mL mark.
Record below: Drops per 1 mL (graduated cylinder)= ______
Volume of water in pipette dispensed = ______

B. Handling a Balance
A triple beam balance scale is used to measure the mass of an object. The scales contain three (triple) weight
bars. The farthest bar measures in increments of 10 grams. The middle bar measures in increments of 100 grams and the
bar in the front measures in increments of 1 gram. The use of a scale with three bars for measuring allows the user to be
as precise as possible with any measurement.
How to use the scale:
1. Make sure that the measuring plate is clean of all foreign objects.
2. Make sure that all of the weights are at zero.
3. Place the item to be weighted on the center of the weighting pan. You will notice that the balancing bar is now
above the zero.
4. Begin by carefully moving the middle weighing bar over to the 100 gram position. If the balancing bars stays
above the zero that means that the object weigh more than 100 grams and you will have to move the weight
over. If the balancing arm drops below the zero that means that the object weighs less than 100 grams and you
will have to move the 1000 gram bar back to zero and start with the 10 gram increments.

Weigh each of the following items on the triple beam balance scale and record your answers in the box below.

Gr
Battery
ams
Gr
10 pcs. 1 peso coin
ams
Gr
5 pcs 10 peso coin
ams
Gr
10 pcs nails
ams

Guide Questions:

1. Based on your data on handling the pipette explain the volume of water in the graduated cylinder to that
of the volume of water dispensed in the pipette?
2. Arranged in ascending order the weight of the materials weighed in the balance?
3. What is the function of a pipette? balance?