Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ______________ Water Olympics Student Record Sheet Paper Clip Float Record your observations: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ What property of the water allowed the paper clips to float on top? Point s ________________________________________________________ The Great Pile-Up! Record your observations: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think adding the detergent to the water made a difference in the number of drops you could ‘pile’ up on the penny? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Point s It Doesn’t Sink! It Doesn’t Float! Describe your observations and results: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Explain how this device might be like a fish. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Points __________________________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ______________ Float Your Boat What property of water allowed your boat to float? ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Why did your boat sink when too many marbles were placed in it? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Points What was the mass of the marbles in your boat? ____________________________ Sponge Play! Record your observations: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Explain how you measured the water squeezed from your sponge. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Point s Splatter! Describe the difference in diameters of the splatters. ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think there was a difference in the size of the splatters? ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Point ___________________________________________________________________ s ___________________________________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ______________ Top Gun How does the pressure of your finger on the trigger change the amount of water released from the water pistol? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Volume 1 ____________ Volume 2_____________ Difference _____________ Point s Water Basketball Explain how you adjusted your pitch in order to cause the cotton balls to land inside the plate? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Points Hold That Water! Prediction: Which container does your team agree upon as the one which holds the most water? _________________________ Was your prediction correct? ____________________ How did your team find out if your prediction was correct? your method. Explain ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Point s Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ______________ Ice Cube Lift Describe your observations: ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think you were able to lift some of the ice cubes with the string? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Points ________________________________________________________________ How Much Water Does It Hold? Prediction: How much water, in milliliters, does your team think the container will hold? Predicted Volume______________________ Actual Volume: ___________________ How did you test your hypothesis? ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Points Difference between predicted and actual volume: _______________
