Procedure:
- Select 4 containers of different sizes and shapes.
- Pour small test tubes full of water into each bottle and
measure the height of the water level after each addition.
- Construct a data table including columns to record your data.
- Plot all your data onto the same graph. Be sure to follow the
graphing technique!! Use the 6 steps to a good graph.
Questions:
Explain how your bottle graph tells you:
- which bottle is the tallest
- which bottle holds the largest volume of water
How does your graph indicate that the shape of the bottle:
- is narrowing?
- is widening?
- is uniform?
Adapted from:
Marson R., Marson P. (1991) Graphing TOPS Learning Systems