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Pumpkins By the Pound

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Use pumpkins of various sizes to experiment with weight and perimeter. First the class lifts the pumpkins one by one, estimating each pumpkin's weight. They arrange the pumpkins from lightest to heaviest, and then string weigh each one...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Who Sank the Boat?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders experiment with student-made aluminum boats to test for buoyancy. They design a boat and determine how many marbles it takes to sink it while recording their data in a spreadsheet. They design a graph using the data and...
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Forces and Graphing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze graphs to determine relationships between variables and rates of change. They determine the basic concepts about static reaction forces. They determine the slope and equation of a line.
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TE Activity: Heavy Helicopters

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the concepts of weight and drag while making paper helicopters. They measure how adding more weight to the helicopter changes the time for the helicopter to fall to the ground. They apply what they examine to the work of...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Critical Load

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students analyze critical load and how to reinforce the design of a structure to hold more weight. They examine basic structures and which materials to select. They create a prototype to hold more and more weight.
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Flight

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to the four forces of flight--drag, lift, thrust, and weight--through a variety of fun-filled flight experiments. They "fly" for short periods and evaluate factors that might either increase or decrease their...
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Fettucini Physics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design a structure capabl;e of holding a textbook. They demonstrate that the weight of a textbook is offset by the normal force exerted on the book by the structure.
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Do Bigger Pumpkins Always Have More Seeds Than Smaller Pumpkins?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, predict the weight of a pumpkin and the number of seeds it might have. Then they find and record the actual weight and actual number of seeds. They compare and contrast the size of the pumpkin to the number of...
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Weighing a Dinosaur

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students role play as paleontologists who make inferences about the weight of dinosaurs. They use models and the density of water to make these inferences.
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MASS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish between weight and mass. They examine how in oscillations of a mass against an elastic spring--in the absence of gravity, or in horizontal motion--the length of the oscillation period is proportional to the square...
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Mass, Force, and Gravity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Definitions of gravity and weight and the calculations involved with their manipulation are covered here. The equations and resource links will be valuable to show a physics class. Use it as a note-taking support for your lecture on...
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Reading Scales

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a short, and very basic presentation which quizzes pupils on reading a scale. In each of the three slides, there are pictures of scales with an object on them. Pupils must correctly read the weight and call it out, or tell where...
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What Makes Thing Fly?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study lift, drag and thrust from a real flight instructor.  In this physical science lesson students build and fly paper airplanes and experiment with variations and design. 
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Measuring Weight and Length

For Students K - 1st
Which truck is longer? After examining two images of trucks, learners circle the one that is longer. More than a math or measuring worksheet, this is more about the term longer. Because there is a detailed explanation below, consider...
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Froot Loops to the Max - Predictions and Weighing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this prediction and weighing worksheet, students complete and solve 5 problems related to a box of Froot Loops cereal. First, they complete the table with the data each team finds with their box of cereal. Students determine the...
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Skateboard Flex

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine statistics by completing a skateboard measuring activity. In this flex lesson, students define what skateboard "flex" refers to and identify the proper method of measuring flex by conducting an experiment with pennies...
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Adding and Subtracting Weights

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online math worksheet, middle schoolers practice adding and subtracting metric weight values. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties. A terrific...
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Applying Fractions - Family Activity

For Students 6th - 8th
For 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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Liquids of Different Densities

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students compare the densities of different liquids. In this liquids lesson plan, students compare color, viscosity, weight, volume, and graph their findings.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

The Weight of Things

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore weight. In this math lesson, students predict which item weighs more and discuss how they arrived at their decision. Students weigh several items to determine which weighs more.
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Weight Control

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the importance of a healthy diet.  In this weight control lesson students divide into groups and  develop a healthy lunch menu.
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Weight No More

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students relate the concept of gravity to math. In this algebra lesson plan, students define scientific terminology relative to gravity, weight and centripetal force. They measure the different dimensions of a cylinder as they discuss...
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UNWRAPPING PACKAGING

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study product packaging and determine if it is excessive and if it is recyclable.  In this packaging lesson students examine and identify waste reduction techniques. 
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine sampling by investigating rocks found in the schoolyard.  In this sampling rocks instructional activity students collect and analyze a sample of rocks.