SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Measurement: Length,volume,temperature
This performance task tests students' ability to measure length, volume and temperature accurately in a lab setting.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Measuring Liquid Volume
For this lab, learners will measure and combine colored liquids to receive the expected results. The intended outcome would be to take primary colored liquids, measure them and combine them to create a "rainbow" colored set of water in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 1
In this first part of a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate the densities of several common, irregularly shaped objects with the purpose to resolve confusion...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Appetite for Fractions Activity Plan
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.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Comparing Densities of Different Liquids
This lab experiment has students observe and compare the density of five different liquids while measuring mass and volume.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Study of Student Precision Using Volumetric Glassware
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.