Techbridge Curriculum
Calculating Rainwater Runoff
Thirsty plants soak up every bit of a rainfall, but what happens to the rain that hits the roof? Calculate the amount of rainwater from your school's roof with an Earth science activity, which brings measurement skills, observation...
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What Are the ‘Ingredients’ for Economic Growth?
Delve into the concept of economic growth with your class members, including why economic growth is important, what causes it, and how can countries encourage it.
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Differences Between Ground and Air Temperatures
Students examine the differences between air temperature and ground temperature. For this investigative lesson students find NASA data on the Internet and use it to create a graph.
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Box-and-Whisker Plots
Eighth graders measure in feet and inches and convert to explore the relationship between the converted measurements. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders use the whisker and box plot to represent the measurement of a cat. ...
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Multiply Mixed Measurements
In this multiplication of mixed measurements instructional activity, students multiply mixed standard and metric units of capacity and length. Students solve nine problems.
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Measuring and Predicting Capacity
Learners investigate geometric shapes through volume and dimensions. In this geometry lesson, students measure, weigh, and calculate sizes and volume based on estimation and calculation. They review important vocabulary related to prisms...
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Slosh, Dribble, and Plop
Students recognize the need for a standard unit of volume. They estimate and measure to the nearest liter. Also they relate the liter to the familiar everyday containers.
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Ordering Metric Measurements
In this math worksheet, students examine a row of measurements in the metric system. Students put the measurements in order from the smallest to the largest. Included are weight, length and capacity; there is no U.S. standard measurement...
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English Measurement System
Students determine how to convert measurement. In this English Measurement lesson, students discover interesting facts about the history of measurement. Students study formulas and practice using them.
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Lung Capacity
In this lung capacity worksheet, learners use straws, funneling, liquids, tubing, and more to test their lung capacity. Students follow 14 sets of directions and analyze their data.
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Let's Measure
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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The Metric System
Applying this metric worksheet, mathematicians will provide standard metric units of measurement, identify the largest and best way to measure items using the metric system, and convert units using King Henry.
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Battery Basics
In a series of activities, high schoolers research and compare batteries of different chemistries (such as nickel-cadmium), measure current and voltage, and use multimeters and math to compute their capacities. In the end, they try to...
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Computer Simulation of the Sonoran Desert Community
See how changes in initial populations and parameters affect a biological community. Individuals use a special software program to simulate a desert community with five species. They adjust initial populations to see how the community...
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Bulk Properties of Water
Learn the ins and outs of the properties of water through an engaging slide show. The lesson presents different facts about water including phase change, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, and specific heat among others.
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Mapping the Deep-Ocean Floor
How do you create a map of the ocean floor without getting wet? Middle school oceanographers discover the process of bathymetric mapping in the third installment in a five-part series of lessons designed for seventh and eighth graders....
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What Is Heat?
If objects have no heat, how do they can gain and lose it? Scholars experiment with heat, temperature, and specific heat of various substances. They create definitions for these terms based on their own conclusions to complete the fourth...
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Order Capacity
In this capacity measurements learning exercise, students order the objects from smallest capacity to greatest capacity. Students write 1 next to the object with the smallest capacity and write 3 next to the object with the greatest...
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Capacity Problems
In this math worksheets, students practice using critical thinking skills that are used to solve the capacity problems in various types of measurements.
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Customary Units of Capacity
For this customary units worksheet, students use the recipes that list customary units for capacity to solve the word problems. Students solve six word problems.
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Pints, Quarts, and Gallons
In this capacity measurements worksheet, learners study the illustrated pictures of pints, quarts, and gallons. Students circle the set of measurements that holds more in the 7 problems.
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Measurement- Cooking
Students explore measuring cups according to volume. In this capacity lesson, students investigate how to estimate volume to make a healthy snack. Students measure ingredients and prepare a snack.
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Capacity and Volume
Second graders estimate capacities, compare pints and quarts, and identify pints and quarts.
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Pints, Quarts, and Gallons
In this capacity measurements worksheet, students study the illustrated images of the pints, quarts, and gallons. Students circle the set that holds less for the 7 problems.