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Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, learners complete 5 sets of unit conversion problems. They express exponential expressions to expanded form and vice versa.
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Inching Our Way Into The Metric System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the Metric System. They discuss the history of the Metric System, convert various units of measurement into the Metric System, and solve problems on a spreadsheet.
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The Weight of Things

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore weight. In this math lesson, students predict which item weighs more and discuss how they arrived at their decision. Students weigh several items to determine which weighs more.
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Energy Basics

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Power up your lessons with an energetic resource. Scholars learn about work, force, energy, and power. They consider the relationships between these quantities through hockey puck scenarios and make calculations using formulas.
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Metrics

For Students 7th - 12th
In this metrics activity, students read information about the metric system. Students review the concepts of prefixes, conversion ratios, and the decimal system. This activity has 17 matching, 31 fill in the blank, and 8 word problems.
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Dimensional Analysis Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this dimensional analysis worksheet, students solve six word problems using dimensional analysis to solve for an unknown. These include finding density, and converting from one unit to another. They also categorize samples as...
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Percentages

For Students 6th - 8th
In this percentages worksheet, students read about how to express numbers as fractions, convert to decimal form and find the percent. They practice by solving four problems using the method they read about.
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Magnetopause and Solar Storms

For Students 8th - 10th
In this magnetopause worksheet, students use a given equation to find the distance from the Earth where the solar wind pressure and the Earth's magnetic field pressure are equal. Students are given 5 different solar storms and use the...
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Kensington Mansion: Plantation, Sharecroppers, Tenants

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate the significance of the Kensington Mansion. For this South Carolina history lesson, 11th graders take field trips to the mansion and research primary and secondary sources about plantations, sharecropping,...
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Chernobyl 1 - Radiation Released

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the Chernobyl nuclear disaster by mapping out the winds carrying radiation and viewing a short video about the aftermath and subsequent health problems. They then calculate the amount of radiation that people were...
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students construct using Cabri software. In this geometry lesson plan, students convert between units and apply the correct measurements to build objects. They create the room virtually and manipulate the shapes to the desired measurements.
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build and apply concepts of geometry. In this geometry lesson plan, students create a building using proportions and scale drawings. They use Cabri technology to create a virtual drawing first.
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Metric Conversions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars practice the fundamentals of converting metric measurements. They translate a mathematical idea from one form to another and compare and convert a given measurement to another unit within the same measurement system....
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Metric Conversions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students translate a mathematical idea from one form to another. They compare and convert a given measurement to another unit within the same measurement system.
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Work and Energy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students show that energy is conserved in the laboratory. They calculate the work done by a force on an object as the product of the force and a displacement of the object from a reference point.
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Salinity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners define and discuss salinity, conduct classroom experiment to determine salinity of water sample by using hydrometer, record predictions, and demonstrate understanding of how salinity influences object's ability to float in water.
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Spaced Out

For Teachers 5th - 12th
The students are able to use a formula to calculate the volume of cuboids by measuring the length of each of the three dimensions. They also investigate the relationship between milliliters and cubic centimeters.
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PLANETS IN PROPORTION

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the sun. They find equatorial circumference and volumes of their solar bodies. Students apply estimation strategies and proportioanl...
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Metric Conversion

For Students 5th - 6th
For this metric conversion worksheet, students convert a total of 200 measurements to units indicated. Problems appear 20 per page, 10 pages plus answers. A website reference for additional resources is provided.
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Metric Conversion

For Students 4th - 6th
In this metric conversion worksheet, students convert a set of 30 measurements. An answer key and reference website for additional resources are given.
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Let's Measure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice measuring different objects. They discover the concepts of ratio and proportion and practice converting numbers into the correct unit. They read stories as well to help them with the concepts.
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Atoms

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this atoms worksheet, students give the atomic symbol or the name of given atoms. Students practice converting measurements, expressing answers to the proper number of significant figures. This worksheet has 2 fill in the blank and 2...
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TRANSPIRATION IN PLANTS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars define the hydrologic cycle, define transpiration, name the three parts of the hydrologic cycle, and record the amount of moisture given off by several green plants.
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CheMATHstry That Sticks Right to You

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars find the percent composition of sugar in the gum. In this chemistry lesson, students calculate percent error from the experiment. They use dimensional analysis to convert between units.