Royal Society of Chemistry
Gimli Glider—Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers
What's the moral of this story? Units save lives! Teach measurement conversion through storytelling in a quick math-based lesson. Young scientists learn how one country's decision to swap from imperial to metric standard units caused an...
CK-12 Foundation
Six Trigonometric Functions and Radians: Degrees to Radians and Back Again!
How do degrees relate to radians? The interactive allows pupils to manipulate the size of an angle in a unit circle to help see that relationship. Users determine the radian measure for given degree measures of angles, realizing the...
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Water from the Well
How much water does it take to brush your teeth? How about to wash your clothes? Perform an experiment that measures water usage in everyday tasks and compares them to the days before indoor plumbing, specifically the California...
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Converting among Units
In this conversion worksheet, student use the factor-label method or unit analysis method to convert given measurements from one unit to another unit.
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What Can We Measure about Chemicals?
In this measurement and converting instructional activity, students solve ten problems using dimensional analysis to convert from one unit of measurement to another.
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Converting Measurement Pretest
In this measure conversion worksheet, 3rd graders answer ten multiple choice questions based on converting measurements.
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Metric Conversion (A)
In this metric conversion instructional activity, students examine 24 units of measure and convert each of them to the metric unit indicated.
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Metric Conversion
Fifth graders access prior knowledge to complete a do now using metric conversion. In this metric conversion lesson, 5th graders will respond to problems and analyze for a possible mnemonic device.
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What Fraction of?
In this measurement activity, learners solve 14 fill in the blank questions where they express metric and standard measurements as fractions by converting units of measurement.
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Introduction to the Mole
Students are introduced to the mole concept using a discovery-based method. Lesson includes activities with candy that allow students to discover the rules for mole-item, item-mole, mole-mass, and mass-mole conversions.
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Metric Units of Capacity - Problem Solving 12.8
In this units of capacity worksheet, learners read the word problems and solve the problems finding the metric units of capacity for each. In the 'use data' problem, students use the recipe to help them solve the problem.
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Exploring the Hudson in 1609
While this instructional activity focuses on a study of the Hudson River, it could be used as a template for a discussion of map skills, converting measurements, and plotting a route. The instructional activity includes vocabulary and...
McGraw Hill
Metric Units of Weight and Volume
Getting the right measurements can save a lot of time and money in the real world. Learners are introduced to unit conversion and how to accurately go from one unit to another. The first pages are notes and then the packet finishes with...
Outside Education
Handmade Fettuccine
Young chefs engage in an interdisciplinary cooking lesson converting measurements within a recipe, crafting noodles, gathering herbs from the school garden, and making fettuccine for a class luncheon.
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Measurement Via Triangulation
Young scholars investigate various common terms of measurement, sort them into categories, select the uncommon terms, and construct conversion tables for both the common and the uncommon terms of measurement.
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Measurement Conversions
In this measurement worksheet, learners convert from one measurement to another. Students complete 20 problems dealing with cm, m, km, and mm.
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Applying Fractions - Family Activity
In this fractions worksheet, students solve 10 short answer problems. Students find items around their home and weigh them. Students convert units from one unit to another in the customary system.
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Units of Measure
For this units of measure worksheet, students complete a total of 10 conversions from millimeters to centimeters. Answers on page 2.
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Units of Measure #2
For this units of measure worksheet, students complete a total of 10 conversions from millimeters to centimeters. Answers on page 2.
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Units of Measure #3
In this units of measure activity, students complete a total of 10 conversions from millimeters to centimeters. Answers on page 2.
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Time To Measure
Third graders measure time and length. Through the use of video and technology, they explore key elements of measurement, such as units and conversion between units. They explore alternate units of measurement and apply measurement to...
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Metric Conversion of Liquid Measures
In this metric conversion worksheet, students read short statements and convert them to addition and subtraction equations. They convert their answers to a stated metric measure. Students mark models of cylinders to indicate given...
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Unit Conversions Practice
In this conversions worksheet, students practice converting measurements to the desired units given. This worksheet has 12 problems to solve.
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Measuring Natural Objects
Students predict the measurement of objects. In this measurement activity, students estimate the measurements of objects in a lab. Students measure irregular objects and generate scientific observations.