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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Amount of Water

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to find the sum of the capacity of water using the pictures provided. The video describes how to use the pictures to determine how many cups...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Real Life Math: Restaurant Manager

For Students 3rd - 5th
Restaurant manager Tad Peelen explains how he uses math in his work in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students complete an activity involving one aspect of math that Mr. Peleen mentions: determining...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides detailed information on the topic of temperature. Offers much information on units and measurements of temperature.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing Cups and Quarts by Formula

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to compare cups and quarts.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing Quarts and Pints by Formula

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on comparing quarts and pints.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Get Breezy!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students apply an understanding of the concept of heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation as they use wireless temperature probes to investigate the heating capacity of different materials under heat lamps.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measurement: Conversions in Metric Units

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert among metric units of measure using powers of 10.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Works Best in a Radiator?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the importance of heat transfer and heat conductance. Using hot plates, student groups measure the temperature change of a liquid over a set time period and use the gathered data to calculate the heat transfer that occurs....
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Drip Drops

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Figure out how much water you waste in a week in this exploration using your problem solving, measurement, and estimation skills. This activity is from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.
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Interactive
Davidson College

Davidson College: Calorimetry: Heat Capacity

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation to see how heat capacity can be measured by using calorimetry.
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Activity
Other

Unit conversion.org: Online Unit Converter

For Students 9th - 10th
Need a unit converter? Links to the most common converters provide access to the answers you need quickly.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Souper Scooper

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Students use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Students group beans...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Building Columns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore different types of supports and the forces that act upon them. Investigate the best design of a column, including the role that size and dimensions play on its load capacity.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Million Dollar Giveaway [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson plan has students apply measurement skills to determine the capacity of a suitcase in dollar bills. Educators can download printable version of the lesson in pdf format.
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Handout
University of California

University of California: Seawater Density & Salinity [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the properties of seawater and the variations depending on its location, e.g., near a shoreline, in an estuary, or as sea ice. Discusses the instruments scientists use to measure the density of water and explains other...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students study the difference between reactions that absorb versus release heat as well as how to measure this change in energy.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Math: Area and Perimeter

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how to enlarge drawings, figure out how much tile to buy to cover a specific floor, and learn about area and perimeter. These and other lesson plans are provided, including a fun interdisciplinary plan featuring dragons.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide Unit Conversions & Problem Solving With Metric Measurement

For Students 4th Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in unit conversions and problem solving with metric measurement.
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Lesson Plan: Catch Your Breath

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this comprehensive site, students will measure their lung capacity and look at factors that affect the amount of air the lungs can hold.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating South Crow River: Discharge, Turbidity, Erosion, Sediments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this field investigation, small groups of students will observe and measure characteristics of the South Crow River near Mayer, Minnesota. Data collection on these characteristics will include but not be limited to: speed of current...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dams

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...
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Article
Other

Adb: How Remote Sensing Technology Improves Efficiency of Irrigation Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
With the increase of free satellite data combined with scientific algorithms and cloud computing capacity, developing affordable operational monitoring systems for irrigation management in Asia is now feasible. The use of virtual field...
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Bullet Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial takes a shot at explaining how circuits can be used to measure things beyond the capacity of human senses.