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Overweight Britain
Students discuss obesity epidemic, analyze food wrappers and their content and brainstorm healthy food choices. They work together to design a poster to encourage a healthier lifestyle.
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Using West African Gold Weights and African Masks as a Way of Communication
Eighth graders discuss how communication, or lack thereof, can have either a favorable or detrimental effect on a community. They study and interpret proverbs as a means of teaching a lesson. Finally they discuss symbolism and design a...
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Shake, Rattle and Erode
Students measure how much mass is worn away during 15-20 minutes of shaking. They shake rocks for 15-20 minutes to simulate stream erosion. Students listen to music as they shake their rocks. They weigh out 100 grams of marble chips....
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Anorexia
In this word search worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to anorexia in teens. There are 28 words in the puzzle.
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How Can You Use Tools to Observe?
In this observation tools worksheet, students will compare how a lens, a ruler, and a balance can help them learn about the properties of objects. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Heavier or Lighter
Math comes alive in this interactive lesson, which prompts students to weigh small classroom-available items (erasers, pencils, rulers) as well as more obscure items that would need to be provided (a basket, a small toy car). Students...
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Earth and Beyond
In this earth and beyond worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the atmosphere, the chemical compounds in Earth's atmosphere. Students visit different websites to conduct research of the discoveries of the scientist who...
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Matter
In this matter learning exercise, students unscramble 11 terms associated with the different forms of matter and how matter is measured.
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Modus Operandi
In this fingerprint worksheet students complete a worksheet on their physical attributes and place their fingerprints on the paper.
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Get a Lift!
Students explain the principles of flight. In this physics instructional activity, students perform a series of exploration activity on Bernoulli's principle. They relate this principle to airplane flight.
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Math Word Problems
In this word problems worksheet, students solve and complete 7 different word problems. First, they determine how long it takes a worker bee to complete a trip from her colony to a pollen and nectar source. Then, students find the number...
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Strength
Students participate in static and dynamic activities to develop muscle strength and balance. Free weights are used to work on shoulder, bicep, and tricep muscles. Locomotor skills of hopping, jumping, leaping, skipping, and galloping...
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Travel by the Ton: Tons and Pounds
In this tons and pounds worksheet, students research the weight of 5 vehicles and record the tons in a chart, then multiply to find the weight in pounds. Students also answer an additional 3 related questions.
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Tear + Net = Gross
Second graders find the net weight of a grocery item by weighing it with the tear. In this weight measurement lesson, 2nd graders bring in cans of food and watch a video about weight measurement. Students review the meanings of gross,...
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Measuring Up To Standards
Fourth graders use Unifix cubes to estimate standard measurements of length, weight, and capacity. After practicing, 4th graders complete an individual assessment by the teacher where they are asked questions about measurement and...
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Bridge Construction
Students build a model of a bridge and test the amount of weight it support. They identify different types of bridges: suspension, arch, girder, truss, cantilever, cable-stayed and moveable.
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Estimation Zone
Students explore estimation. They estimate distance, weight, temperature and elapsed time. Students record their estimates and justify their estimations wtih a written response. After estimating, students take the actual measurements of...
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Center of Gravity
Seventh graders determine the center of gravity of an object. They get card stock objects to balance on pencil eraser and a meter stick to balance with same # of weighted string(s) on each side. They get meter stick to balance with...
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Practice with Mass
Fourth graders investigate the weight/mass of a number of items using grams, and equivalents. They examine the use of a triple beam balance before massing objects including oil and water. They go over the weights they amassed and weigh...
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That Mu You Do
Students are told that the weight of a car is equal to its mass multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity. When a car is at react on a horizontal road, there must be a normal force with which the road pushes up on the car to keep it...
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Exercise and Muscles
Eighth graders identify and label the primary and secondary muscles used to perform an exercise. Students perform an exercise on a weight machine to figure out which muscles are being used. Students illustrate the muscles used by...
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A Bridge in Balance
Students explore how the Michigan Avenue Bridge works and the
importance of it being perfectly balanced. They make a model of a bascule trunnion bridge and balance their bridge by calculating the weight
of the necessary counter weight.
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Scientific Problem Solving
In this problem solving learning exercise, students will put the 7 steps to problem solving in a logical order. Then students will design a hypothetical study comparing a person's weight on Earth with his weight on Mars and complete 3...
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Woodland Math Facts
In this Woodland math facts activity, students study and examine woodland weights of trees and shrubs, explore invertebrates and draw a bar chart to chart their findings.
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