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STEM Day Activity Guide

Read the investigation, then use evidence and fair-test thinking to answer the questions. Work with an adult when using liquids or equipment. Never taste experiment materials.

The paper-towel challenge

A team wants to find out which of three paper towels absorbs the most water. They label the towels A, B and C. For each test, they pour 20 millilitres of water onto a fresh piece of towel, wait 30 seconds, then measure how much water remains. They repeat each test three times. The towel that leaves the least water behind has absorbed the most.

1.What is the team trying to find out in this investigation?
2.Which towel should absorb the most water if only 6 millilitres remain after its test?
  • The towel with 6 millilitres remaining
  • The towel with 12 millilitres remaining
  • The towel with 18 millilitres remaining
3.Name one thing the team should keep the same each time so the test is fair.
4.Why do the team test each towel three times instead of testing it only once?

Plan, observe and explain

Imagine the team records these results. The figures show how much water remained after each towel test.

Towel

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

A

12

11

13

B

7

8

7

C

15

14

16

5.Use the results table. Which towel absorbed the most water overall?
6.The results for towel A were 12, 11 and 13 millilitres remaining. What is the middle result when the three results are put in order?
7.True or false: The team should use a fresh piece of towel for each test.
TrueFalse
8.A team member suggests pouring 30 millilitres on towel C but 20 millilitres on the other towels. Explain why this would make the comparison unfair.
9.Complete the conclusion: Towel absorbed the most water because it left the amount of water behind.
10.Suggest one further question the team could investigate about paper towels.

2 printable pages

  • STEM Day Activity Guide, page 1 of 2: The paper-towel challenge, Plan, observe and explain

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  • STEM Day Activity Guide, page 2 of 2: B 7 8 7

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