Cornell Notes
Topic/Objective:
Name:
Volume with a graduated cylinder
Class/Period: Science
Date:
Essential Question: How
do you read a graduated cylinder?
Questions:
Notes:
What units are
graduated
cylinders
measured in?
A graduated cylinder is used to measure the exact
volume of liquids in milliliters (mL)
Graduated cylinders are marked with horizontal lines
called “graduations”
To read a graduated cylinder:
1. Find the value of each graduation
How do you find
a. Calculate the difference between the marked
the value of each
lines
line?
b. Count the spaces between the marked lines
c. Divide the difference of the marked lines by
the number of spaces
10 spaces
Why do they need
to be read at eye
level?
Summary:
Difference is 10 mL
10mL ÷ 10 spaces
= 1 mL/space
2. Set the graduated cylinder on a flat surface
3. Drop down to eye level, read at the bottom of the
meniscus
The three important things to remember about reading a graduated cylinder are