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Mass vs. Weight

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore physical science by conducting a measurement experiment. In this mass lesson, students identify the differences between mass and weight and define a list of other vocabulary terms. Students utilize electronic scales and...
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Customary Units of Weight Reteach 13.7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this standard weights worksheet, students analyze 9 common objects and choose the most appropriate unit to weigh them-ounces or pounds.
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Measuring Ourselves

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders conduct various measurement activities on themselves and a partner. They measure their height, weight, thumb-to-pinky span, and body temperature, recording the information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet.
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A Mass of Pennies

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners estimate and determine the number of cents (pennies) that are needed to equal the mass of a variety of common objects. They develop a process for measuring and explore concepts related to units of measurement.
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Spoonfuls, Cupfuls and Handfuls

For Teachers 2nd
Explore the use of non-standard units for measuring volume with elementary learners. They fill a container and count the number used using cups, spoons, and bottles, build with blocks and count the number of blocks used, and compare and...
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Wright Again: 100 Years of Flight

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Aspiring aeronautical engineers demonstrate different forces as they construct and test paper airplanes. This lesson plan links you to a website that models the most effective paper airplane design, an animation describing the forces...
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Properties of Matter

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This PowerPoint is a gem! Seventy-eight slides present an entire introduction to matter in bullet-point fashion. Viewers learn about everything from mass and inertia to phase changes and gas laws! The only glitch is that the links to...
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How Long Does It Take?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the lengths of time various activities take and calculate how long is spent on these activities in a week. They complete a worksheet for each activity that is timed, and calculate lengths of time for simulated...
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Pounds and Ounces: It's All About Weight

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore number sense by participating in a measurement estimation activity. In this weight lesson, 1st graders discuss the differences between measurement units, both English and Metric. Students examine a loaf of bread to...
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Weights and Measures Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this weights and measures worksheet, students multiply ingredients given for a recipe, then convert them to new units, convert animal weights in customary units and into metric units.
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Mass

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a qualitative discussion of the distinction between weight and mass, followed by a description of astronaut mass measurements in a zero-g environment.
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Customary Units of Weight Homework 13.7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this customary units of weight, students choose the unit that would be most appropriate to measure the weight of 11 objects- either ounces or pounds.
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More Bait for Your Buck!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students determine where to buy the heaviest earthworms as they study invertebrates. They create a double bar graph of the results of the weight data.
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The Ups and Downs of Weight and Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the concept of mass, and how it differs from weight. They also calculate their weight change as they ride up and down on an elevator. They record the changes in their weight as the elevator moves graph the collected data.
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What Metric Unit Would You Use?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this metric weights worksheet, students read 3 sentences and study the pictures that go with them. From two choices, students pick the metric unit that would be used to measure each object.
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Sum of the Parts

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders build objects using various materials. They estimate the weight of the object using individual building pieces. Then they weigh the actual object and then tear it apart and weigh the pieces. They compare the two weights.
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Tip the Scales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners, in groups, estimate and check the weights of classroom objects using coins as the standard of measure.
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars compare and contrast the terms "weight" and "mass". In this physics lesson, students observe an experiment in which objects are placed on a balance scale and weighed under different circumstances. Partners drop items and...
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Weight-The Metric System

For Students 4th - 5th
In this metric system weight worksheet, students answer a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Students may click on a link to view correct answers or print page.
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Why Do Things Fall?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students complete a paragraph using 15 given terms. For example, "How can a spring be used to measure force?"
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Activity #3 Finding Mass

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use graph paper to construct a graph and determine the slope of a straight line. They determine the weight (mass) of paper clips with a pan balance. Pupils weigh an unknown number of paper clips, and to interpret the graph to...
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Estimating and Measuring Capacity: Millilitres And Litres

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this estimating and measuring worksheet, learners will estimate the capacity of 10 objects and record information in liters and milliliters. Then students will measure the actual capacity of these objects and record to complete a table.
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Measure Me!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use nonstandard concrete methods to estimate and record measurements of their body.
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Customary Units of Weight Practice 13.7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this customary weights worksheet, students solve 13 problems in which the weights of objects are estimated, ordered and converted. All are standard units of weight.

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