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National Institute of Open Schooling

Mole Concept

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Learners explore atomic measurement in the first activity in a series of 36. Through readings, activities, and questions, classes review standard SI units, learn about Avogadro's constant, and use it to help them calculate moles. They...
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Teach Engineering

Floaters and Sinkers

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Whatever floats your boat. Young engineers learn about density by measuring the masses and volumes of boxes filled with different materials. Using their knowledge of densities, they hypothesize whether objects with given densities will...
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Teach Engineering

What a Drag!

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Stop and drop what is in your hand! Pupils investigate how form effects drag in the 12th part of a 22-part unit on aviation. Groups create equally weighted objects and determine which one falls the fastest by collecting data.
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University of Colorado

Modeling Sizes of Planets

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The density of the huge planet of Saturn is 0.7 g/cm3, which means it could float in water! In the second part of 22, science pupils explore the size and order of the planets. They then calculate weight and/or gravity and density of...
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DiscoverE

Action Figure Diver

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Will your next buoyancy lab rise to the occasion? Make a splash with action figure divers! Teams of young physicists explore the relationship between mass and buoyancy by adding weights or balloons to achieve a diver that neither sinks...
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Nuffield Foundation

Investigating the Effect of Concentration of Blackcurrant Squash on Osmosis in Chipped Potatoes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Model and explore osmosis using squash and potatoes. Young scientists expose chunks of potatoes to different concentrations of a squash solution. They compare the weights of the chunks before and after exposure to the solution and use...
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ProCon

Obesity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is obesity a disease or just a preventable risk factor for other diseases? Scholars attempt to form their own opinions by reading a background of the issue and watching videos that explore the main pro and con arguments using an included...
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Curated OER

Weights of Objects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students differentiate between the weights of an object on different planets. In this geometry lesson, students investigate different weights and graph their results as it relates to the different planets. They appreciate the design of...
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Curated OER

What's My BMI?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students construct the Metric Pyramid from the handout. They use the Metric Pyramid to convert from standard to metric measure and vice versa. They compute their own Body Mass Index.
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Curated OER

Gravity and Falling Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch experiments to define gravity and what gravity's function. In this gravity lesson, students watch video segments about experiments conducted with two objects to see what gravity does with different masses.  
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Curated OER

Moon Craters Lab

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore characteristics of mass. In this scientific inquiry about mass lesson plan, students drop rocks of different weights from various heights and record the depth of the "crater" created.  Learners record their findings...
Worksheet
Curated OER

WS 4.1 Balancing Equations/Formula Weight

For Students 10th - 12th
In this balancing worksheet, students determine if equations are balanced, they place the proper coefficients in front of products and reactants to balance equations and they find the formula mass for molecules and compounds.
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Curated OER

Masses and Weights

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the concept of weight and mass and the importance of units. Using a balance, they determine the weight of various objects in the unit of "pebbles" and in grams.
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Curated OER

Physical Setting: Physics Exam 2004

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Twelve pages of mostly multiple-choice questions comprise this comprehensive New York Regents physics exam. It covers an entire year's worth of physics curriculum and requires about three hours for completion. Review the questions to...
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Curated OER

Center of Mass

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars identify the geometric mean of their data. In this statistics instructional activity, students collect data and graph their findings. They identify the mean, range and mode.
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Curated OER

Perceived Overweight and Actual Weight Risk Classification

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students calculate their BMI and compare it to a healthy weight chart.  In this health lesson, students compare the perception of overweight with healthy weight charts. Students interpret collected data and evaluate their own weight...
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Curated OER

Mass vs. Weight

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students make generalizations about weight and mass by engaging in two hands-on experiments. In this weight and mass lesson, students weigh both an empty beaker and beakers with various amounts of weight inside of them in order to find...
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Curated OER

Finding the Average People Mass for the Element Called "Humans"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate where a new element would be located on the periodic table. In this isotope lesson, students find the mass of a new element, people mass. This number will be entered onto the periodic table of elements as the mass of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Weight And Mass Conversions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conversions worksheet, students complete 8 problems where they convert amounts of weight and mass including pounds, tons, ounces, milligrams, and more.
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Teach Engineering

Physics Tug of War

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Slide books with a little assistance from Newton. Using books, groups create a demonstration of Newton's Second Law of motion. Pupils compare the distance traveled by one and two books when they apply a force to them.
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Curated OER

Unit V: Worksheet 2 - Constant Force

For Students 9th - 12th
Physics learners studying force and acceleration practice solving eight problems with this assignment. They calculate acceleration and deceleration, net force, and distances required for stopping a moving object. Kinematics equations and...
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Curated OER

Measurement and Conversion of Units in a Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In a cross-curricular measurement and literacy lesson, your class will identify and compare cooking measurement instruments. They read a recipe and sequence a set of similar instructions in which the steps have been mixed up....
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Curated OER

All About Matter

For Students 5th - 7th
Twenty-four questions about matter, the states of matter and the properties of matter make up this interactive online instructional activity. Your class will determine the volume of water, the shape of water and the shapes of matter.
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Curated OER

Empirical Formula

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Plenty of time was invested in creating this detailed presentation. The first slide alone includes several steps that support your explanation of percent composition, a precursor to understanding how to write empirical and molecular...

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