Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Percent of a Number in Fish Body Weight

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use fractions to find the weight of fish. They use percentages to determine the correct amount to feed them. They organize their data into a graph and shares with the class.
Worksheet
EdHelper

Length and Weight

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this measurements worksheet, learners study the illustrated pictures in the 8 sets of problems. Students compare the pictures by length or weight.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Weight And Mass Conversions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conversions activity, students complete 8 problems where they convert amounts of weight and mass including pounds, tons, ounces, milligrams, and more.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Charting Weight

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders record the weight of themselves and 3 family over a week, and then use that data to compile 2 bar graphs and 4 line graphs and answer a series of questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Estimate Weight or Volume

For Students 5th
For this estimation with weight and volume worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 6 problems that include estimating objects. First, they determine which item illustrated weighs more. Then, students determine which figure illustrated...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry - Measurement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the procedure for determining appropriate types of measurements for given situations and measurement conversions. They figure perimeter, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jelly Bean Egg Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students each receive a plastic egg filled with jelly beans. In this Jelly Bean Egg Challenge, students estimate and weight their eggs, they count the number of jelly beans inside their egg, they chart their data and compare their data...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Baseball Players

For Students 6th Standards
Baseball is all about statistics. Pupils solve problems related to mean, median, and range. They calculate the total weight of players given the mean weight, calculate the mean weight of reserve players given the mean weight of the...
Printables
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 7 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 1)

For Students 1st Standards
Give math vocabulary instruction a boost with a set of flash cards covering terms such as centimeter, pound, and thermometer to name a few. Word cards are typed using a bold-style font, and correspond to picture cards that...
Activity
Teach Engineering

Making Moon Craters

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Create an egg-citing study of energy. Pupils investigate the effect of height and mass on the overall amount of energy of a falling object. The fourth segment in a six-part series on energy uses a weighted egg falling from different...
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NASA

Newton Car

For Teachers 7th - 11th
If a car gets heavier, it goes farther? By running an activity several times, teams experience Newton's Second Law of Motion. The teams vary the amount of weight they catapult off a wooden block car and record the distance the...
Activity
Computer Science Unplugged

Lightest and Heaviest—Sorting Algorithms

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
How do computers sort data lists? Using eight unknown weights and a balance scale, groups determine the order of the weights from lightest to heaviest. A second worksheet provides the groups with other methods to order the weights. The...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Squeeze Play

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scientists demonstrate how to move objects. In this fine motor lesson, young scholars use various objects such as dice, erasers, and soft balls and move them using the proper device.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit V: Worksheet 2 - Constant Force

For Students 9th - 12th
Physics learners studying force and acceleration practice solving eight problems with this assignment. They calculate acceleration and deceleration, net force, and distances required for stopping a moving object. Kinematics equations and...
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Teach Engineering

Physics Tug of War

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Slide books with a little assistance from Newton. Using books, groups create a demonstration of Newton's Second Law of motion. Pupils compare the distance traveled by one and two books when they apply a force to them.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blow-and-Go Parachute

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students design a skydiver and parachute constraption to demonstrate how drag caused by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth. They experience how gravity pulls the skydiver toward the earth and how...
Interactive
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Curated OER

All About Matter

For Students 5th - 7th
Twenty-four questions about matter, the states of matter and the properties of matter make up this interactive online instructional activity. Your class will determine the volume of water, the shape of water and the shapes of matter.
Activity
Teach Engineering

Portable Wheelchair Ramp Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Ramp up the engineering design process in your classroom with an activity that challenges teams to design, build, and test a small-scale portable wheelchair ramp. The class develops design requirements, and teams test their designs...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Understand and Create Histograms: Histograms

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Determine the shape of weight. Using the interactive, class members build a histogram displaying weight ranges collected in a P.E. class. Scholars describe the shape of the histogram and determine which measure of central tendency to use...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Size Shuffle

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
In the eyes of children the world is a simple place, objects are either big or small. This simple activity aims to expand the comparison language of young mathematicians as they use the words taller and shorter to compare their...
Activity
Teach Engineering

Breaking the Mold

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A little too much strain could cause a lot of stress. Groups conduct a strength test on clay. Using books as weights, pupils measure the compression of clay columns and calculate the associated strain and stress. Teams record their...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

Real-Life Problems: Distance, Length, and More

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Math just got real! Scholars solve seven word problems dealing with life applications for multiplication, division, and subtraction.  They show their work in a designated space, and must include units in their answers. Learners will...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Column Addition, 3-Digit and 4-Digit Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Show scholars that if they can add two multi-digit numbers, they can add four! They complete 20 practice problems adding three and four-digit numbers. All the equations have four addends and include units. All numbers are whole numbers....
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Purdue University

Designing a Device Utilizing a Balloon Filled with Carbon Dioxide

For Teachers 5th
Don't waste all that carbon dioxide. Scholars first produce carbon dioxide by mixing baking soda and vinegar. They measure the masses of the reactants and products to verify the law of conservation of mass. As a culminating activity,...

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