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TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Bone Crusher
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...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg How Many Cells Are in the Human Body?
About how many cells are in the human body? The purpose of this task is for learners to apply the concepts of mass, volume, and density in a real-world context. Aligns with G-MG.A.2.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg a Ton of Snow
For this task, students are asked to find out how much snow has been shoveled using the concepts of area, depth, density, and rate. Aligns with HSG-MG.A.2.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Taking the Boat to Manaus
In this activity, the students will apply the concepts they learned regarding mass, volume and density in the previous activities to design a boat.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Symbols in Chemical Equations
Chem4Kids! provides an overview of the symbols representing numerical values in chemical equations. Each symbol is defined and described.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: How Dense Is Salt Water?
Disappearing Wetlands: Explore the relationship between mass, density, and salinity by measuring the mass and volume of four saltwater solutions of increasing strength.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Rocks: Seeing Your School's Area
In this earth science lab, students will find, identify, and create a visual presentation of the rocks that are found around their school. They will determine the mass, volume, density, color, texture, and hypothesize what each rock is....
University of Florida
Chemistry 2041 Lecture Notes: Ideal Gases
The ideal gas law is presented and explained. The derivation of other gas laws is performed. Gas behavior is explained in terms of gas laws. Excellent graphics.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Show Me the Money
Just what is a penny worth? Students explore various websites or printed fact sheet investigating the history and changes in density of pre- and post- 1982 pennies. They will also research the current price of copper and zinc and compare...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rainbow Challenge Lab
In this inquiry lab activity, young scholars will attempt to layer 6 different kinds of soda pops in a large test tube using their knowledge of density and other physical properties of liquids.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Classifying & Comparing Physical Properties
Explore and compare physical properties of substances.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Matter
Discover atoms and molecules which make up matter, motion of atoms and how to measure the mass, volume and density of matter.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: States of Matter
Students act as chemical engineers and use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics to record temperatures and learn about the three states of matter. Properties of matter can be measured in various ways, including volume, mass, density and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Irregular Shaped Object Lab Test
Students will determine what an unknown substance is by finding mass, volume, displacement, and density of an object. Students will also create a report which will require them to read a graph, interpret data, calculate averages, and...
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
International System of Units: Si Base Units
This is the definitive source for information on SI base units, derived units, squares, cubes, luminosity, field strength and flux density.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Float or Sink?
Young scholars will define density and use the density formula to determine the density, volume, and mass of various items using the correct units for each measurement.
Other
Online Conversion
Conversion calculators galore! Convert just about anything from one measureable unit into another measureable unit here with over two dozen calculators. Each of the links is specific to a measureable quantity. Some examples include...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Wind Classroom Activities
When air is warmed, it expands and becomes less dense. As the air becomes less dense, its air pressure decreases. This occurs because molecules in warm air have greater kinetic energy (energy of motion) than in cold air. As the molecules...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Force Gravity Bucket Lab
This lab was designed to allow students to collect data for the Force Gravity vs. Volume lab for materials and locations that we cannot do in the classroom. Students will fill the bucket to different levels and record the force on the...