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Curated OER

Displacement and Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore displacement. In this displacement and density lesson, pupils find the volume of irregular shaped objects. Afterward, they determine the volume of containers. They compute the amount of water displacement.
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Teach Engineering

What Floats Your Boat?

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Clay's as good a material as any to build a boat, right? An introductory lesson sets the stage for two activities associated with buoyancy. The first involves building boats out of clay, while the second uses these boats to measure the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Attack of the Raging River

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars explore mass and volume. In this mass and volume lesson, students pretend to be on a hike and have lost their way. Young scholars must cross a river get back on track. Students must use mass, volume, surface area, density,...
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Teach Engineering

Determining Densities

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Don't be dense—use a robust resource. The second installment of a five-part Floaters and Sinkers unit has learners determine the densities of several objects. As part of the activity, they learn the displacement method for finding...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Position and Displacement Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How can we use vectors to determine a person's position when traveling? The simulation offers guided practice at determining the coordinates and the distance between coordinates on a map grid. It reinforces the importance of positive...
PPT
Curated OER

Motion and Force

For Teachers 9th
All the main concepts in motion and force are covered in this presentation.  Each slide is a great summary and will appeal to your students with a clean design and images that should seem relevant.  Definitions of speed,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring Volume/Capacity Using the Metric System

For Teachers 5th
There is more than one way to measure an amount, as learners discover by applying multiple measurement tools in these activities. Centimeter cubes, cylinders, beakers, and measuring cups are used to find the volume of regular and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Total Distance Versus Displacement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the total distance and displacement while examining traveling distances. They determine the displacement and total distance traveled in a variety of different problems. The lesson includes examples that can be used...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Computing Volume Progression 4

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
This resource was written for the younger math learner, but finding the volume of an irregular solid is also a problem for algebra and geometry students. Based on Archimedes’ Principle, one can calculate the volume of a stone by...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 26: Vector Force

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this vector force worksheet, students determine the total velocity of objects, the displacement direction, and vector movement. This two-page worksheet provides a total of six multi-step problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders solve problems of displacement, velocity and acceleration. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders are given the acceleration and asked to derive the formula for velocity. They work problems involving real life scenarios.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Total Distance versus Displacement

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders differentiate between total distance and displacement. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders rewrite word problems using calculus terminology and solve for distance in miles per hour. They analyze and solve word...
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate vectors and learn how to use them. Explore why size and direction, as well as knowing speed and distance, are important components of the vector problems you are trying to solve. This is an extensive lesson plan which...
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Teach Engineering

Floaters and Sinkers

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Whatever floats your boat. Young engineers learn about density by measuring the masses and volumes of boxes filled with different materials. Using their knowledge of densities, they hypothesize whether objects with given densities will...
Interactive
Curated OER

Float and Sink

For Students 8th
In this float or sink worksheet, 8th graders solve 1 science/math puzzle about displacement of water; the answer is available online.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Why Are Hot Things Red?

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this radiation and temperature worksheet, students use 2 methods to derive the Wein Displacement law that shows the relationship between the temperature of a body to the frequency where the Planck curve's value is at its maximum....
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Varying Motion

For Students 9th - 12th
For this secondary mathematics learning exercise, high schoolers collect data based on a person’s motion. From this data, students create graphs comparing displacement, velocity, and acceleration to time. The five-page learning exercise...
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Teach Engineering

Buoyant Boats

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Eureka! Using the clay boats made in the previous lesson, learners investigate the idea of buoyancy and water displacement to finish the last installment of five in a Floaters and Sinkers unit. Their observations during the activity...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volume of Irregular Objects

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders experiment using a Meniscus. In this volume lesson, 5th graders identify the volume of irregular objects using the process of water displacement. Students record data and draw conclusions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Motion Capture and Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students capture the serve motion of a tennis player with a digital or video camera. Using transparencies or a software package, analyze the speed, acceleration, displacement and time of the racquet head and ball in the tennis stroke.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rocks, Their Mass and Volume

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure volume using water displacement and mass using a balance. Once they have calculated these two values they will then calculate density while at the same time working on long division. After the activity and explanation of...
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Mr. Hill's Science Website

Density Workbook

For Students 5th - 8th
It's all about density! Here's a dense workbook for young scientists; they solve (and show work for) 29 density word problems, including a problem where they solve for the density of Godzilla. They complete labs analyzing metal...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Turn Up the Volume

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Measuring volume can be a mystery for 5th graders, but this hands-on activity gives the gift of discovery. The volume of simple rectangular solids and irregular shapes are calculated through various methods including displacing liquid in...
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Determine Volume of Solids Using Water Displacement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore math functions by completing math equation worksheets. In this inequality lesson, students define a list of math terms and discuss the difference between an equation and inequality. Students utilize a real life situation...

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