Curated OER
Home on the Range
Young scholars use maps and mathematics to determine the appropriate panther population in a given area. In this Florida ecology lesson, students research the area requirements of male and female panther and use a map to help calculate...
NASA
NASA Engineering Design Challenges - Spacecraft Structures
What kind of design challenges are there in building structures to support rocket engines? The unit takes design teams through the process of building the lightest possible thrust support structure that can withstand the necessary forces...
Rainforest Alliance
Forests of Guatemala
With 90 percent of its land area covered in forests, Suriname, a country in South America, contains the largest percentage of forests throughout the world. Here is an activity that brings classmates together to learn about the...
Curated OER
Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth
Students develop a scaled down model of the solar system. In small groups, they calculate the scaled-down diameters of the planets and the sun, the scaled-down distance of the planets from the sun, complete two charts, and create a...
Curated OER
Schoolyard Bird Project
Middle schoolers observe and count bird sightings around their schoolyard throughout the school year.
Curated OER
Human Fingerprints: No Two the Same
Sixth graders explore scientific observations by analyzing a group of data. In this fingerprint identification lesson, 6th graders identify the reasoning behind fingerprinting and create their own ink fingerprints. Students discuss the...
Curated OER
PLANETS IN PROPORTION
Students discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the sun. They find equatorial circumference and volumes of their solar bodies. Students apply estimation strategies and proportioanl reasoning to...
Curated OER
By Golly By Gum
Students identify the different steps in the scientific method. In this inquiry lesson, students determine the mass of the gum after chewing it for sometime. They explain what happens to the lost mass.
Curated OER
Comparison of Snow Cover on Different Continents
Students use the Live Access Server (LAS) to form maps and a numerical text file of snow cover for each continent on a particular date. They analyze the data for each map and corresponding text file to determine an estimate of snow cover...
Curated OER
Reading Trees: Understanding Dendrochronology
Students examine tree-ring dating and discuss the lack of water the settlers in Jamestown faced. They create paper tree rings, simulate rain patterns, and describe the history of construction paper tree sequences.
Curated OER
Home Sweet Home
Middle schoolers examine the change in the diversity of animals living in an area before and after development. In order to do this, students need to have access to an area near their school which is undeveloped. A good, "real life" lesson.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Convert Units Word Problems (Metric)
Solve word problems that involve converting between metric measures of distance, volume, and mass, as well as measures of time. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Metric Measurements: Units and Conversions
Discusses how the metric system of measurement was developed and provides tables of unit conversions within the metric system, within the Imperial system, and between the two systems.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Eiffel Tower: Time, Area and Measurement
Take a tour of the Eiffel Tower with Marie-Clare and measure its area. Read and interpret time and look at cross-sections of 3D figures.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: English Bus: Length
Abbie and her brother are measuring how far they are traveling with an English Bus. Will you join them?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Convert Units (Metrics)
Convert between metric measures of distance, volume, and mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Changing Metric Units
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of converting within the Metric System. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Singing Angels: Measurement: Volume and Speed
Students will complete interactive activities to explore measurement of length, volume, capacity, time, and averages.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Metric 5 E Metric Conversions
Practice with metric conversions.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: Length, Area, Volume, Time
On this interactive site students learn to estimate lengths and distances using kilometers, explain the difference between perimeter and area, and measure the volume of a 3D object by counting the cubic centimeters.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Bus Station: Measurement
Students will complete a series of learning games to explore measurement such as length and volume.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Metric Units of Length Review
Metric units of length (millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers) are reviewed and practice problems are provided.
Other
Ode: Seventh Grade Achievement Test (Practice Test) [Pdf]
Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 4 open-response questions dealing with topics such as number sense (order of operations, ratios), measurement (metric...