This web tool is designed to meet a variety of the Alberta Curricular Outcomes from the Grade 8 Science : Unit A : Mix and Flow of Matter. More specfically, this is Section 3 from the textbook that goes with this unit. I have listed the

 the following outcomes that are met by completing all activities within the web tool. Next to each outcome, I have included in brackets exactly which section of the webtool they correspond too.

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1. Investigate and compare the properties of gases and liquids; and relate variations in their viscosity, density, buoyancy and compressibility to the particle model of matter

• • investigate and compare fluids, based on their viscosity and flow rate, and describe the effects of temperature change on liquid flow (viscosity)

• • observe the mass and volume of a liquid, and calculate its density using the formula d = m/v (density)

• compare densities of materials; and explain differences in the density of solids, liquids and gases, using the particle model of matter (density & buoyancy) 

• • describe methods of altering the density of a fluid, and identify and interpret related practical applications (density)

• • describe pressure as a force per unit area by using the formula p = F/A, and describe applications of pressure in fluids and everyday situations (pressure)

• • investigate and compare the compressibility of liquids and gases (pressure)

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2. Identify, interpret and apply technologies based on properties of fluids

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• • describe and interpret technologies based on flow rate and viscosity (viscosity)

• • construct a device that uses the transfer of fluids to apply a force or to control motion (buoyancy)