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PBS

Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Estimating Mass

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice estimating mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get step-by-step hints and try questions repeatedly. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Customary Units of Capacity Applications (Grade 3)

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This learning module offers four videos and a set of practice questions on how to find the capacity of liquid by filling containers with liquids (English Units).
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: United States System of Liquid and Dry Measures

For Students 9th - 10th
Unlike the British Imperial system, the United states uses two different systems, one for liquid volumes and one for dry volumes. Confusingly, these two systems share the units of quart and pint, which have different values. This site...
Study Guide
Other

Ohio Department of Education: Sixth Grade Achievement Test (Practice Test) [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 7th
Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 4 open-response question dealing with topics such as geometry (triangle identification, surface area), number sense...
Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #64 Learning Activity: Liquid Rainbow

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates density and solubility. The activity is presented in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students act as chemical engineers and use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics to record temperatures and learn about the three states of matter. Properties of matter can be measured in various ways, including volume, mass, density and...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Meet Mr. Gallon

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to Mr. Gallon, a graphic organizer for customary capacity measurement. It includes a story, songs, a PowerPoint, pattern for making Mr. Gallon, an interactive Mr....
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Introduction to Us Standard Units

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Students learn how to measure things using US Standard Units. Liquids, mass, length, and temperature are explored. Practice problems are included.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: The Ups and Downs of Thermometers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based on experimental observations, students describe, on the molecular level, why the liquid in a thermometer goes up when it is heated and down when it is cooled.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: As a "Matter" of Fact

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan site, students will define matter and compare properties of solids, liquids and gases.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Water Density

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Demonstrate the effect that dissolving different amounts of salt in water has on the density of the liquid.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Appetite for Fractions Activity Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, Appetite for Fractions, children will explore fractions as they help create, divvy up, and serve a variety of real and virtual snacks.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Souper Scooper

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Students use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Students group beans...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Fluid Viscosity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To give students a feeling for both what viscosity values are and how they are measured in the lab, they measure fluid viscosity by dropping ball bearings into graduated cylinders of fluids.
Graphic
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: The Ups and Downs of Thermometers

For Students 9th - 10th
See how thermometers measure temperature by the molecular movement of the liquid inside.
Handout
Other

Garden With Insight: Vapor Pressure in the Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic information about the role of vapor pressure in the garden. In addition, a free garden simulator can be downloaded in which various quantities can be measured.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Visually Comparing Capacity and Volume Three Containers

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to visually compare the capacity of three different containers.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How to Find Volume With Water Displacement Method

For Students 4th - 8th
Tells the story of how Archimedes discovered the Archimedes Principle and his water displacement method for determining the volume and density of an object. Provides an explanation and several examples of how it is done.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Amount of Overflow Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview on how to find the amount of overflow in a capacity problem.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition of Sequential Capacities Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview on finding sequential capacities of several containers.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Study of Student Precision Using Volumetric Glassware

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is an exercise in using various lab equipment for measuring the volume of a liquid. Data is recorded on a spreadsheet and analyzed to see which tool offers the greatest precision.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Matter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipcharts explains the basics of matter. Opportunities for student involvement include measuring solids, identifying matter, and a sorting activity.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Make That Invisible! Refractive Index Matching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine the refractive index of a liquid with a simple technique using a semi-circular hollow block. Then they predict the refractive index of a material (a Pyrex glass tube) by matching it with the known refractive index of a...

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