Utah Education Network
Uen: Weighing In
Activity investigates weight and its relationship to gravity.
Utah Education Network
Uen: It's a Weighty Matter
Third graders will understand weight, mass, and gravity.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Flicking With Force
Balls of varying weights are used to discover the results of force applied to an object.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Leaning Tower of Pasta
Here's a project for a budding architect or structural engineer. Can you make a strong, lightweight tower using only uncooked spaghetti and white glue? In this project, you'll learn about materials testing and apply what you learn to...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Food Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines
Learners will learn about the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines by looking at samples of serving sizes and filling out worksheets.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Matter's Physical Properties: Interactive Lesson
In this interactive lesson, learn what the "physical properties" of matter are and how can they be measured and observed.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Measuring How Much Activity Plan
Measuring fun is here! In this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 4
Browse resources related to fourth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 5
Browse resources related to fifth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Metric System
Learn more about the metric system by taking a look at the common metric units along with some solved examples and a few practice questions to test your understanding.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Mass
A comprehensive guide for learning all about mass with definitions, how to calculate mass, the difference between mass and weight, solved examples, and practice questions.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Curious Scientific Investigators: Flight Adventures
Students will make paper rockets, parachutes, and foam gliders to experience how objects move through the air. Explore topics such as thrust, weight, gravity, force, and lift through fun activities and stories and cutting-edge work done...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fisher Boat: Time & Mass: Months, Seasons and Mass
Lars in Antarctica needs help. Can you help him with all the months of the year and with mass?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Obesity and Overweight Introduction
The CDC provides a collection of information on obesity and the concerns that come with it.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Salt Volcano
By making oil float on water--with the help of other ingredients--students can create a lava-lite effect.
Curated OER
Zona Land: Mechanics and Vectors
An exceptional tutorial on the topic of vectors that offers many helpful graphics, some of which are interactive.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: News Values
Learn the essential elements of every good news story from Gerald Lanson and Mitchell Stephens, authors of Writing and Reporting The News, who emphasize eleven judgments that journalism students should make when evaluating newsworthiness.
University of California
Ucla K 6 Physics/astronomy: Mass, Weight, and Density
This website provides explanations of mass, weight, and density with directions for building simple scales and balances. Provided as encouragement to teach these concepts to young children, it offers a good review for older students.
University of North Carolina
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
This site contains an extensive list of various units of measurement known internationally and across several disciplines. Unit symbols are also included.
Visual Fractions
Visual Fractions: Platform Scale
Students practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office. Five Gregs will drop on the scale to be weighed. Participants see how fast they can weigh the Gregs.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Stretching a Penny
In this activity, students investigate how a spring stretches when different weights pull on it. They relate the stretch of the spring directly to the weight and vice-versa.