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MATHS LAB ACTIVITY • Experiential learning

Aim: To understand that an object with fixed volume and weight may occupy

many shapes

Materials: A weighing machine, playing dough/clay, water and different vessels
Method: First, perform the activity with playing dough or clay.

1. Take some clay and roll it into a shape of sphere. Weigh it on a weighing
machine and note down the reading. Suppose, it is 120 g.

Records:

Shapes Weights

1. Sphere 120 g

2. Cylinder

3.

4.

5.

2. Reshape the clay into a cylinder and weigh again. Note down the reading.

3. Repeat the activity by making at least five different shapes.
Does the reading change with changing the shape?

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