Republic of the Philippines

WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Science and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
San Jose Road, Zamboanga City 7000

Names: Carpio, Joezerk A. Date: 03/05/2022

De Asis, Trisha Gaile G.
Villacruz, Pilar P.
Course & Year: BS MATH IV
FREE ELECTIVE II
TEACHING METHODS IN MATHETICS
GROUP ACTIVITY 11
Activity: Creating a new activity.
This activity will assist you in honing your in-class skills for managing a student investigation.
You will begin this activity by following the existing set of instructions and associated text for
Activity 10.7 (Archimedes' Principle) in the Class IX textbook. You will modify the activity to
make it more investigative.
What is the point of carrying out this experiment? Its purpose is to assist students in comprehending
Archimedes' Principle. This activity will still do this, but it will replace some instructions with
questions and attempt to extend your students' understanding of thrust and pressure.
Instructions:
1. Tie one end of a rubber string or a spring balance to a piece of stone. Hold the balance or
the string in place to suspend the stone. What is the reading on the balance or string length?
2. You will gradually immerse the stone in a container of water. What do you believe will
happen to the balance reading or the length of the string? Why do you believe this will
occur?
3. Dip the stone into the water and carefully observe what happens to the balance reading or
the length of the string. Take note of the new reading. Was it, what you had hoped for?
What happens after the stone is completely submerged? How far has the water level risen?
(This will tell you how big the stone is.)
4. Repeat the experiment with different sized stones. What is the relationship between the
volume of the stone and the change in the reading on the balance?
5. Prediction with a purpose: what would happen if the stone was submerged in other liquids,
such as oil or molasses?
6. Prediction and reasoning: Assume we placed the stone in a small dish, weighed the stone
plus dish in and out of water, and then securely wrapped it in foil or clay the same mass as
the dish before weighing it in and out of water. What would we discover?
 Republic of the Philippines
WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Science and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
San Jose Road, Zamboanga City 7000

Students should be able to relate the change in extension (and hence apparent change in weight)
to the change in upthrust from different liquid densities: the greater the density of the liquid, the
more upthrust it gives when displaced.
The final argument should help students understand that increasing the volume displaced (by
placing the stone in a dish) increases the apparent weight loss. As more water is expelled, the
upthrust increases.