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=Team 3 Cube Experiment=

-Team Members:
Alex M. (TL), Marion, Josh, Brittany

-Materials and Methods:
Electric Balance Triple Beam Balance Ruler 10 Cubes 4 People Computer

-Methods
1. Make a hypothesis about the type of material the different cubes are made out of. 2. Find the mass of each cube using the triple beam balance. 3. Find the volume of each cube by using the ruler to find the (length* width* height) of each cube. 4. Calculate the density of the cubes by dividing the mass of each cube by the volume. 5. Conduct research on the different possibilities of materials. 6. Make a final decision on the material each cube is made of.

-Hypothesis:
Table 1: Hypothesis
 * Cubes || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 ||
 * Guesses || Copper || Aluminum || Brass || PVC || Iron || Oak || Polystyrene || Balsa Wood || Poplar || Acrylic ||

-Quantitative Data:
Table 2: Quantitative Data for the Cubes
 * || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 ||
 * Length, Width, Height (Cm) || 2.5 || 2.5 || 2.7 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 2.7 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 2.3 ||
 * Mass (Grams) || 151.4 || 43.7 || 140 || 23.5 || 148.9 || 9.0 || 19.4 || 6.1 || 10.8 || 17.9 ||
 * Volume (cc) || 15.6 || 15.6 || 19.6 || 15.6 || 15.6 || 15.6 || 15.6 || 15.6 || 15.6 || 12.1 ||
 * Density (g/cm3) || 9.7 || 2.8 || 7.1 || 1.5 || 9.5 || 0.5 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 1.4 ||

-Qualitative Data:
All blocks are 6 sides and 8 corners. Table 3: Qualitative Data
 * Cube # || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 ||
 * Description || Red all over, black on the edges, heavy, cube || Silver,light-weigh, cube || Reddish-Goldish, heavy, hard, cube || Black, light-weight, sharp corners, cube || Heavy, worn edges, rounded corners, cube || Light weight, cube, light colored || White, black marks on it, light weight, cube || Sharp edges, cube, light weight, tanish color || Dark colored cube, cube, light weigh || Clear, light weight, curved corners, cube ||

Final Analysis
Table 4: Final Analysis
 * Cube # || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 ||
 * Material || Copper || Aluminum || Brass || PVC || Iron || Oak || Polystyrine || Balsa Wood || Poplar || Acryilic ||

Why We Chose our Final Decision
Table 5: Densities of Cubes that we found online We chose these materials acording to their densities.
 * Cube 1 || Cube 2 || Cube 3 || Cube 4 || Cube 5 || Cube 6 || Cube 7 || Cube 8 || Cube 9 || Cube 10 ||
 * Copper: 8.92 || Aluminum: 2.7 || Brass: 8.515 || PVC: 1.39 || Iron: 7.87 || Oak: 0.67 || Polystyrene: 1.05 || Balsa wood: .15 || Poplar: .33 || Acrylic: .96 ||

-Research on Cube Possibilities (Citations Also):
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