Welcome! Sign In or Try it Free!
Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
- Rating
Students measure the actual size and distance of the solar system using scale and ratio. They watch and discuss a video, create a distance-scale solar system model, and compare the scale sizes of planets to their actual sizes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating
Students examine the pH scale. They research common products and determine their pH level. They create their own pH scale and place their products in the appropriate place. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students examine how a Richter scale operates. They create a booklet illustrating each rating on the scale. They discover how engineers use different measurement tools. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students are introduced to the Mercalli Scale used for rating earthquakes. They make a booklet with drawings to represent each rating of the scale. Students consider how a community could benefit from the use of the Mercalli Scale. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th - Higher Ed
- Rating
Students define economics of scale as it applies to the electronic industry. They determine how some industries benefit from being very large not just from offering bulk buying. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students examine the Richter Scale for measuring earthquakes. They make a booklet with drawings that represent each rating of the Richter Scale. They understand the difference between the Richter Scale and the Mercalli Scale for earthquakes, and they explain the different levels of the Richter Scale using words or pictures. Students see that by using a common rating scale, engineers can compare earthquake activity measured from everywhere on Earth. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students study the Mercalli Scale and analyze how it is used to rate earthquakes. They construct a booklet with drawings that represent each rating of the scale. They study why engineers develop rating scales for earthquakes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
- Rating
Students explore scales and scale models. They discuss how scales and scale models are used and develop and interpret scales and scale models. Students create a scale model drawing of a basketball court, a bedroom, and an island. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
- Rating
Students calculate actual building measurements from a village map using concepts of ratios and scale in this ten lesson mini-unit. They practice measuring angles, multiplying decimals, estimating height and length, and converting metric measurements before completing the village calculations and a drawing of the village in a different scale. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students identify how models are powerful tools of exploration and that the sizes of the planets and distances between the planets in the Solar System span a large range. They make a sign for each planet they have created in the lesson showing the name of the planet in large letters as well as the size of the planet drawn to scale. Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share