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Converting Units of Capacity, Weight, Mass, and Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students solve the problems using measurement conversions. They concentrate on the units used for capacity, weight, mass, and area.
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Science Flashcards Word Search Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this science flashcards worksheet, students define, study, review and discuss ten key science terms associated with mass and volume. Students circle each key term in a word search puzzle.
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Metrics 1 Word Search Puzzle

For Students 6th - 9th
In this metrics worksheet, student define, study, review and discuss ten key terms associated with measurement. Students circle each key term in a word search puzzle.
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Brain POP - Properties of Matter

For Students 7th - 9th
In this properties of matter instructional activity, students complete 18 fill in the blank questions about mass, density, volume or weight.
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Metric Mania Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th
In this metric instructional activity, students complete 28 different metric calculations consisting of density, volume, mass, length, temperature, and time.
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Mystery Canisters

For Students 7th - 9th
For this density worksheet, students modify three film canisters in order to make one float in a tank of water, another suspend in the middle of the tank, and the third should sink to the bottom. They collect data on their canisters and...
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Metrics 1 Word Search III

For Students 9th - 10th
For this basic mathematics worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to measurement. There are ten words/phrases located in the puzzle.
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Metrics 1 Word Search IV

For Students 9th - 10th
In this basic mathematics worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to measurement. There are ten words/phrases located in the puzzle.
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Mix and Match Mass

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students examine some random items and estimate the mass according to the measurements given. Then they complete the lab.
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Metrics 1 Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this measurement worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to mathematics. There are ten words/phrases located in the puzzle.
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Chemistry Word Search

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to chemistry. There are nine words/phrases located in the puzzle to find.
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Metric 1b Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this measurement worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to mathematics. There are ten words located in the puzzle.
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The Properties of Matter

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students read passages and derive the meaning from them to answer three key questions related to mass and weight.
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Why Do Things Fall?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students complete a paragraph using 15 given terms. For example, "How can a spring be used to measure force?"
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Weathering & Mass Movements

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the words related to the concepts of mass and weathering. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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The Tides of Change Worksheet (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this tides worksheet, students visit specified websites to view information. They explore the mass of the sun and moon, the force of gravity between two objects, and the ratio of the distances from the earth to the sun. Students...
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Toboggan Science

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students conduct toboggan time trials to investigate the variables that have the greatest effect on toboggan speed. In small groups, they develop a hypothesis to test and perform three trials on the toboggan run for each variable.
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Measuring Mass

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the estimate and approximation of different masses. They weigh different objects and compare the different measurements and then use a balance to compare them. Students define the...
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Law of Conservation of Mass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in small groups. They grab a handful of ice, and place the ice in an empty beaker of ice using a triple beam balance. Students heat up the beaker of ice over a hot plat until the ice has changed into water. They measure...
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The Law of Inertia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners practice the 4 question strategy to form more questions and develop further experiments. The four questions are engage, explore, explain, and elaborate. They use the 4 question strategy on an investigation involving the mass...
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Inertia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to apply Newton's first law of motion. They observe the inertia of an object in regard to its mass. The students record and graph the outcomes of their investigation and present the relationship between...
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Water Erosion and the Effects of Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in an activity in which they simulate geological events such as earthquakes and erosion. For a fifteen to twenty minute time period, they shake a jar with 100 grams of marble chips and water. They measure the...
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Volume

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete scientific investigation to determine what volume is and how it is determined by size not by mass. They discuss what they know about volume before proceeding with the demonstration and experimentation. After the...
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Guess Your Best

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss situations when it is useful to know exact weight of object as opposed to estimated weight, estimate weight of various items, weigh them on scale using ounces and pounds, and compare their weights on Guess Your Best...