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Practical 1
Topic
Purpose
Theoretical
Knowledge :
:
(a) Fixed
Materials
(b) Manipulated
(c) Responding
Apparatus : Meter rule, vernier calipers, micrometer screw- gauge, beam balance,
electronic balance, and a teaspoon.
Activity 1
: Measuring length
Procedures :
1. The diameter of a pencil, piece of copper wire, and a strand of our
own hair are measured by using the meter rule, vernier calipers, and
micrometer screw- gauge.
2. The measurements were repeated.
3. The result is tabulated like in the table below.
Meter rule
Vernier calipers
Result
:
Micrometer screwMeter rule
Vernier calipers
(cm)
(cm)
reading = -0.02)
Materials
Diameter
of pencil
Diameter
of wire
Diameter
of hair
1st
2nd
3rd
Avg
1st
2nd
3rd
Avg
1st
(mm)
2nd
3rd
Avg
0.007
0.007
0.007
0.007
0.706
0.706
0.708
0.707
7.20
7.10
7.45
7.23
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.090
0.090
0.088
0.089
1.37
1.38
1.38
1.36
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.02
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iii.
Activity 2
: Measuring mass
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iii.
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Procedures :
1. The mass of a piece of pencil and a teaspoon of sand is measured
by using the beam and the electronic balance.
2. The measurements have been repeated.
Beam balance
Electronic balance
Results
Materials
st
Pencil
Sand
1
1.5
5.2
Avg
1.6
5.2
i.
i.
ii.
ii.
Sand
5.1941
+/-
5.666710-4
ii.
After you get the reading, you must plus with the uncertainty
reading.
iii.
For example:
The uncertainty reading: -0.02 mm
The reading that you got: 1.546 mm
So,
After that, you will need to find the uncertainty from the reading
that you got after you repeated the experiment for three times.
For example:
1.546 (the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reading)
1.234+1.334+1.254 / 3
= +/- 1.254
7. While in the Activity 2, the most precision instrument is the beam
balance while the electronic balance is accurate. Electronic balance
is so sensitive until it cannot be disturbed by the air and anything
else.
8. The electronic balance also has the higher number of significant
figures. So, it can read the smallest reading that the other instrument
cannot.
9. You also can see that my friends and I have repeated each
experiment for three times so that we will get the precise reading for
our result.
10. A measured value of a physical quantity is not exact because it has
some uncertainty.
11. A value is more precise than another value if its uncertainty is lesser.
12. We must have the precaution in this experiment. They are:
a) We must prevent the air from disturb the beam balance
especially the electronic balance by doing the measurement work
at the place that did not have this problems.
b) Our eyes must be parallel to the reading that we want to take to
prevent the systematic uncertainty.
c) We should repeat the experiment at least for three times to
prevent the random uncertainty.
d) We also must estimate the random uncertainty in single
measurement so that we will get the right reading.
e) We should prevent the systematic uncertainty by read the
measure of the apparatus first before us doing the experiment.
Weight scale
I have learnt about the S.I unit. I also knew how to convert the unit
to the other unit. Nevertheless, I have learnt about the precise and
the accurate of the instruments and which is suitable to use to
measure them. This is very important for me so that I can apply it
in the future.
b) Which part of the primary science curriculum teaches this particular
topic?
Materials and Properties in Standard 5
c) Discuss how you can use the above practical in your teaching and
learning?
As we all know that this topic is very important for us so that we
can apply it in our daily life. There are many knowledge that I have
got from doing this experiment such as how to convert the S.I unit
and many else. I will use it in my teaching process so that my
students also can understand the concept of measurement. This is
because it is easy for them to understand this topic. So, I can use
it to teach them about the measurement in their experiment by
also let them doing this experiment. The purpose of I doing this is
it is a hands- on activity. So, they can easily understand it and also
remember the topic.
3. A grandfather clock might be very accurate (i.e. it displays the correct time)
but if the clock has no second hand, it isnt very precise.