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Density lab
Students relate the concept of density in relation to the rocks that make up the Earth. They determine the density of various rock specimens and answer assessment questions.
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Average Looking
Students use measurements of their classmates to find the average (means and modes) of their facial features. They use their findings to create a three-dimensional "class head." Examples and assessment materials are included.
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Black Bayou Lake Measures Up
Students, in groups, estimate measurments and then select the tools needed and measure various items at Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Perimeters, Patterns, and Conjectures
Students discover patterns and write conjectures relating to perimeters and polygons. Working in cooperative learning groups, they use manipulatives and graphic organizers to solve problems then answer a series of questions in which they...
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Using Multiplication to Solve Word Problems
Young scholars explore math functions by solving word problems in class. For this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Young scholars identify the multiplication...
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The Bohr-Rutherford Model of the Atom
In this atom model learning exercise, students explore how scientists developed the Bohr-Rutherford atom model. Students complete 15 fill in the blank statements.
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Bungee Man Lab
Students explore the motion of a toy bungee jumper using the scientific method. They view a video of a bungee jumper and discuss what can be measured about a bungee jump. Students discuss the scientific mehtod and how to design an...
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Efficiency Means Getting More for Less
Students measure water and make predictions about efficiency.
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How Dense Are You?
Students examine how density is a value that describes what type of a material an object is made of regardless of its shape or size.
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THe Decomposition of Water
High schoolers collaborate in an experiment where they decompose water into simpler substances through the process of electrolysis. They collect, measure, and observe data and then place the data into a table. Accomodations for...
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Weights
Students find an object that they estimate weighs 20g and check estimates on the balance scales. They read the problem and work in pairs focusing their understanding on the size of grams.
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A thousand seconds
Pupils use seconds, minutes, and hours. They then discuss the size of a thousand. After that they read time in digital or analogue form.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Volume and Mass
This lesson will describe the concepts of volume and mass and show how to calculate volume and mass.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Stoichiometric Calculations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will learn to calculate the amount in moles of a reactant or product from the mass of another reactant or product. They...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Gas Density: Mass, Volume and the Mole
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find out what mathematical function should be performed in order to move from mass to moles and back again. After the activity, answer one multiple choice, challenge question about the topic.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Average Atomic Mass
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore how percent abundances of different isotopes affect the average atomic mass for that given element. Students form connections between the average atomic mass and a person's body mass....
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Density Calculator
Choose a calculation for density p, mass m or Volume V. Enter the other two values and the calculator will solve for the third in the selected units.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Percentage and Percentage Calculations: Audio Book
This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, provides examples of how to calculate percentages. Calculations for percent mass and volume are shown. Also find links for tutorials and power points about other chemistry topics.
California State University
Csudh: Chemistry: Density, Mass and Volume Homework
Practice your density, mass, and volume calculations with these interactive review problems.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Density: Determined by Using Mass and Volume of a Substance
In this activity, learners investigate the history of density, its uses, and applications. Students will generate and calculate data applying it to a graph. They will be looking at the relationship between mass and volume.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Chemical Calculations
You should be able to calculate the masses of reactants and products from balanced equations, and the formula of a compound from information about reacting masses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Ideal Gases and Gas Stoichiometry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will learn the Ideal Gas Law, and know which of the different values for the ideal gas constant to use in a given...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Density of Water
Students discover the concept that density is a characteristic property of water by measuring the volume and mass of water and calculating its density.