Science Projects And Inventions

YOU  NEED:

• Marbles of two different sizes
• Two clear plastic glasses of the same size.

How is it that a glass filled with large marbles seems to give the impression that it has more empty spaces inside it than a similar glass filled with small marbles. The question is which glass has the bigger volume of empty space? For this experiment you need a bunch of marbles of two different sizes. Now fill up a glass to the brim with large marbles and fill the other glass with the smaller ones. Fill one of the glasses with water. Pour the water from the first glass into the second glass. The interesting thing is that you will discover that both glasses hold the same quantity of water

HOW DOES IT WORK?

A simple explanation is that the larger marbles have larger spaces between them thus accommodating lesser marbles in the glass, while the glass holding the smaller marbles has smaller empty spaces but it accommodates a lot more marbles.