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Activity #4 The Density of Irregularly Shaped Solids

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars comrehend that water displacement is a simple way to measure the volume of a solid object. They pour water into a graduated cylinder or measuring cup and its volume is read and recorded. Pupils the volume of an object by...
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Box It Up

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make boxes. In this prisms lesson, 5th graders read the book Counting on Frank and discuss the different things that the boy measures. Students make boxes of various sizes using graph paper and find their volume.
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Who Wants to Carry a Million?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students, in groups, determine the volume of a box large enough to hold a million dollars. They calculate the dimensions of a bill and the volume of the money.
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Metric Mania

For Students 7th - 9th
In this metric system worksheet, learners convert measurements of volume from the English system of measurement to the metric system. They also convert within the metric system and answer questions about volume measurements.
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Combined Gas Law Problems

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students use the combined gas law to complete 9 short answer questions in which they calculate new volumes, .original pressures, and change in temperatures.
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Combined Gas Law Problems

For Students 10th - 12th
In this gases learning exercise, students use the combined gas law to solve nine problems for the unknown variable at the new temperature, pressure or volume.
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Candy Land

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity middle schoolers pretend that they have been hired by a candy manufacturer to design a box for a new product they are beginning to market. The manufacturer has pre-determined the volume of the candy box. It is the...
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Using Density to Identify Metals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn how to measure the density of metals. In this density of metals lesson plan, students measure the density of various metals in order to determine what metals were substituted in a king's crown, scepter, breast plate and...
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Cylinder: Student Worksheet

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this cylinder worksheet, learners compare three different cylinders to experiment which one has the greatest volume. Students interact with rectangles as they experiment with the cylinders.
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Density Derby

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the relationship between mass, volume and density. They use model boats to discover how changing mass and volume affect density. This is a very engaging lesson which provides great demonstrations and hands-on activities.
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Water on the Moon!

For Students 9th - 11th
For this moon worksheet, students read about the data collected from the Deep Impact/EPOXI and Cassini missions to the moon that have detected the presence of hydroxyl molecules under the moon's polar craters. Students solve 4 problems...
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Size Them Up

For Teachers K - 6th
Students arrange containers by their capacity. In this volume lesson, students place containers in order by increasing capacity. Students discuss how the tallest container doesn't necessarily hold the largest amount.
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Density

For Students 7th - 10th
In this density worksheet, students review the equation for density and are given a chart of the densities of various substances. They solve four problems finding the densities of substances and identifying unknown substances given the...
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The Candy Conundrum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a candy container that contains a specific amount of candy. They demonstrate how an engineering problem can be solved with math and that there are multiple answers to the problem. They compute volume of spheres.
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WS 5.4 Ideal Gas Law

For Students 10th - 12th
In this gas worksheet, learners use the ideal gas law to find volumes of gases, pressure of gases, moles of gases, mass of gases and molecules of gases. They find unknowns at standard temperature and pressure and they calculate the...
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Density

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students find the mass, volume, and density of various objects. In this density measurement instructional activity, students observe how same-sized objects can have different masses, then use water displacement to find the density of...
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To Float or Not to Float, That is the Question?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders develop operational definition of density, do computations using density equation, categorize pieces of matter as being able to float on water or not, based on density, explain why some objects sink or float based on...
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Density Graph Questions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this density worksheet, students use the mass of aluminum and copper at different volumes to create a graph in order to calculate the density of these metals. This worksheet has 1 graph, 2 short answer, and 5 word problems.
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Density

For Students 9th - 12th
In this density worksheet, high schoolers review this property of matter and the mathematical equations for density, mass, and volume. The worksheet has 10 fill in the blank statements and 3 word problems.
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Introductory Module

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the non-standard method of measurement and compare it to the metric system of measurement. For this introductory module lesson, 3rd graders discover the scientific observation. Students also develop communication...
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Metric Olympics

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a Metric Olympics event and use metric measurements to measure actual performances in their events. They throw a plastic straw for a javelin event, participate in a long jump and high jump event, and a variety of...
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Mass: Applying and Interpreting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students rotate through six studying stations solving problems that involve applying and interpreting aspects of mass. They solve various word problems, and measure the contents of cans and calculate the mass of two cans.
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Around The Stop Sign

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars analyze a drawing of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle to determine angle measures, using knowledge of properties of regular polygons and the sums of angles in various polygons to help solve the problem. They use...
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Observing Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the five senses and the link between pictures and sound.  In this sound instructional activity students discover that sound is vibration, it is described by volume and pitch.

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