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NASA Spotlites videos are short (90-120 second) student-produced videos designed to address science misconceptions. The videos are used within classroom-ready 5E lessons that utilize interactive technologies. Lessons foster conceptual change and deeper understanding of scientific vocabulary.

Density

Students often have a difficult time understanding that the density of a material is not dependent on the amount of the material.

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Interactive Lesson: Density

Density

Student producers from Arlington Public Schools in Arlington, Virginia, confront the misconception that density of materials is dependent on the amount of material present. For example, the density of a small piece of a particular mineral is not the same as the density of a larger sample of that same mineral.