Royal Society of Chemistry
Significant Figures
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Chemistry: Significant Digits
In this significant digits worksheet, students review the rules of working with significant digits and then give the number of significant digits in the given measurements. This worksheet has 30 problems to solve.
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Significant Digits
In this significant digits worksheet, students are given the rules for determining the number of significant digits in calculations and measurements and they solve 5 problems.
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Significant Figures Worksheet #1
In this significant figures worksheet, students solve forty eight problems. They identify significant figures in numbers, they complete calculations of addition and subtraction and identify significant figures, they multiple and divide...
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Calculating with Significant Digits
In this significant digits worksheet, students are given the rules to finding significant digits when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Students solve ten problems and express their answers with the proper number of...
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Scientific Notation, Significant Figures and the Factor-Label Method of Solving Problems
In this scientific notation, significant figures, and factor-label method, students solve 1 problem where they perform mathematical functions and identify their answer in scientific notation with the proper number of significant figures....
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Counting Significant Digits
In this significant digits worksheet, students are given twelve measurements and they determine the total number of significant digits in each given number.
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Moles Lab Activities
General chemistry class members engage in a mini-unit on mole conversions. Through nine lab activites with varying degrees of difficulty, they practice measuring mass and volume, molar calculations, and stoichiometry. Terrific teacher...
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Taking Measurements at Home
In this measurements instructional activity, students find their weight, height, width and depth of their bodies at home using equipment around their homes. They use the proper number of significant figures to record their answers and...
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Uncertainty Worksheet
In this uncertainty worksheet, students solve 8 problems of addition and subtraction using the rules for uncertainty notation. They do the same for 7 problems for multiplication and division. Students add, subtract, multiply and divide...
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Sig Fig/Measuring Lab
In this significant figure worksheet, students read six diagrams of a graduated cylinder to the proper number of significant figures. They then go to twelve lab stations and record the proper measurement to the appropriate number of...
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Significant Figures and Scientific Notation
In this significant figure learning exercise, students identify significant figures. They convert numbers from standard notation to scientific notation. This one-page learning exercise contains 14 problems. Answers are included at the...
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Review of Significant Digits
In this significant digits worksheet, students review the rules for performing calculations with significant digits. Students then express answers with the correct number of significant digits. This worksheet has 3 short answers and 1...
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The Metric System and Significant Figures
Students compare and contrast the English and Metric system. In this chemistry lesson, students demonstrate how to convert English to metric and vise versa. They solve problems following the rules of significant figures.
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Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities
First graders identify jobs in the environment. For this social justice lesson, 1st graders describe rules to protect the environment and the roles specific jobs play. Students construct environmental rules for an imaginary town.
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The Path of the Black Death
Learners analyze maps, firsthand accounts, and archival documents to trace the path and aftermath of the Black Death. Connections between the plague and changes adopted by the ruling class are explored in this lesson.
Virginia Department of Education
Laboratory Safety and Skills
Avoiding lab safety rules will not give you super powers. The lesson opens with a demonstration of not following safety rules. Then, young chemists practice their lab safety while finding the mass of each item in a mixture and trying to...
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Calculations
In this calculations instructional activity, students express numbers in scientific notation and determine the number of significant figures. Students find conversion factors to change units. This instructional activity has 8 word problems.
Inside Mathematics
Sorting Functions
Graph A goes with equation C, but table B. The short assessment task requires class members to match graphs with their corresponding tables, equations, and verbalized rules. Pupils then provide explanations on the process they used to...
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Sine and Cosine Rules and Area of Triangles
Learners discover how to find missing sides and angles using trigonometry. Scholars first watch a video covering the Law of Sines and Cosines, as well as the area formula for a triangle. To test their knowledge, they complete a learning...
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Calculating with Sig Figs and Scientific Notations
In this algebra instructional activity, students convert scientific notation into significant figures. They identify the significant figures correctly with the help of a TI calculator.
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The War of the Roses Study Guide
In this "War of the Roses" study guide worksheet, students discover details about 10 of the significant figures during this period of British history.
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Bulletin Board Project
Imagine a project that informs and entertains. Replace book reports with a bulletin board that highlights all the important elements of a novel. Readers research the author, create a timeline of events in the story, write a character...
State Bar of Texas
Marbury v. Madison
Who has the final say in matters dealing with the rules under the United States Constitution? The case Marbury v. Madison brings to light the issue of judicial review. Learners investigate the Supreme Court's opinion in the case with a...