In this activity, students explore the use of nonstandard units of volume and calculators to estimate the number of peas it would take to fill a class room.

In this activity, students use volume formulas and proportional reasoning to calculate the amount of concrete needed to make stepping stones of a specific size.

Learn what density is and how to calculate it using mass and volume.

Compare a prism and a cylinder in order to determine the similarities of calculating the volume.

For this task, 8th graders must determine the optimal dimensions of a cardboard box that will hold six cylinders of oats. To do this, they need to make surface area and volume calculations. Aligns with 8.G.C.9.

In this task, 8th graders are presented with a drawing of three glasses of different shapes and their measurements. They are asked to make several calculations that require the application of the Pythagorean Theorem and volume formulas....

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate the volume and surface area of a sphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of density and how to calculate density.

In this experiment, you test whether two different bowling balls will float or sink, then determine the density of each of the balls to see if they are less than that of water.

Test your knowledge on how to calculate cell size with this quiz.

Demonstrates how to calculate the area of two-dimensional shapes using formulas. Covers parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle. Includes a video modeling how to find the area of a circle and a triangle. [0:59]

By the end of this section, you will be able to state the ideal gas law in terms of molecules and in terms of moles; use the ideal gas law to calculate pressure change, temperature change, volume change, or the number of molecules or...

The lowest part of USS Constitution was called the hold and it was there that sailors stowed the many goods needed to keep the ship afloat and to feed the 480 men who served aboard for months at sea. In this lesson students use the...

Students learn that buoyancy is responsible for making boats, hot air balloons and weather balloons float. They calculate whether or not a boat or balloon will float, and calculate the volume needed to make a balloon or boat of a certain...

A lab experiment that shows students that different molecules melt in different ways. This lab also allows students to practice calculating and finding density, mass, and volume. Lesson plan includes lab handout for students.

A lesson plan with an accompanying PowerPoint learning module for students where they learn about the volcanic features of Yellowstone National Park. They use spreadsheets to make various calculations, such as the volume of material...

Students use a tension-compression machine or an alternative bone-breaking setup to see how different bones fracture differently and with different amounts of force, depending on their body locations. Teams determine bone mass and...

Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...

In this activity, students use the virtual lab to create dilute solutions from a concentrated stock solution of acids or bases. They must first calculate the correct volumes of concentrated acid solution and water to mix together to...

In this activity, students use the virtual lab to create a 0.025M glucose solution from a standard 1M glucose solution. First, they calculate the correct volumes of 1M glucose solution and water to mix together to create the final 0.025M...

In this activity, students use the virtual lab to create 500mL of 3M HCl solution from a concentrated stock solution of 11.6M HCl. They must first calculate the correct volumes of 11.6M HCl solution and water to mix together to create...

Some general information over ideal gases and the ideal gas law. The page shows you how to calculate the volume and pressure of ideal gas and how to calculate moles and gas temperature.

This site includes an applet on Le Chatelier's principle. The applet allows the user to specify the initial amounts of carbon, water vapor, hydrogen gas, and carbon monoxide as well as the system temperature and volume. The applet will...

Students inflate a balloon and observe the relationship between the rate its volume is changing and the rate points on its surface are getting closer to each other. They use the their calculator to determine the exact rate of change.