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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Visually Comparing Capacity and Volume

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice visually comparing capacity using metric units.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Nctm: Lesson Plan: Area and Volume

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan helps students understand the difference between area and volume. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.a Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: M&m Geometry

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Geometry is the study of how to use math to describe and investigate different points, lines and shapes. The way that a shape is described in geometry is with a formula, which is simply a mathematical way to calculate different...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Egg Graphing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a measurement activity to prepare for MAP test it incorporates bar graphing.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Appetite for Fractions Activity Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Metric System Chart for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource explains the structure of the metric system of measurement; the basic units of measurement for length, volume, and mass; and provides charts for each type of measurement. A chart of customary US units is also given.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Convert to Smaller Units (M L and L)

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice converting a metric measure of volume to a smaller unit. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Convert to Smaller Units (C, Pt, Qt, & Gal)

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice converting a US customary measure of volume to a smaller unit. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Metric System Basics

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Assess height, weight, and volume using metric measurements. This interactive exercise touches on place value and focuses on the prefixes associated with metric measurement.
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Activity
Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Lung Capacity

For Students 3rd - 8th
This hands-on experiment shows you how to make your spirometer, a device you can use to measure how much air your lungs can hold.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sci Girls: Heart to Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, learners compare ways to measure their heart rates. They will build their own stethoscopes and learn how exercise affects heart rate.
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Website
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
How much water do you use everyday? Find out in this engaging investigation, where you compare your water usage with your classmates and other people around the world. An exploration filled with lots of math and science that students are...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weight vs. Capacity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will introduce students to measuring weight, mass, volume, and capacity using metric and cutomary units. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us Customary Conversion Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice US customary length, volume, and mass problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
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Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #33 Learning Activity: Density Balloon

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A simple activity that investigates the effect of heat on the volume of a gas. The activity is presented in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: States of Matter

For Students 2nd - 5th
This review of matter includes properties, volume, length, mass, and states of matter. Activities, games, and a Monster Quiz are include.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Amount of Overflow Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview on how to find the amount of overflow in a capacity problem.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Customary Units of Capacity Applications (Grade 3)

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This learning module offers four videos and a set of practice questions on how to find the capacity of liquid by filling containers with liquids (English Units).
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition of Sequential Capacities Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview on finding sequential capacities of several containers.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geometry Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to measure length, area, volume, weight, temperature, and time.
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Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: 3rd Grade Halloween Math Game

For Students 2nd - 4th
Be ready to smash the monsters by solving problems involving volume, mass, and time in this math game.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students act as chemical engineers and use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics to record temperatures and learn about the three states of matter. Properties of matter can be measured in various ways, including volume, mass, density and...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...

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