Curated OER
A Formula for SI Catch-Up
In this SI units instructional activity, students read about converting from SI units to non-SI units. They are given a conversion chart and they use it to convert from one unit of measurement to another in seven problems.
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Metric Mania
In this metric system worksheet, students convert from English units of measurements to metric units of measurements for length. They also convert length within the metric system.
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Metric Olympics
Students participate in a Metric Olympics event and use metric measurements to measure actual performances in their events. They throw a plastic straw for a javelin event, participate in a long jump and high jump event, and a variety of...
Curated OER
Metric Magic
In this measurement learning exercise, 2nd graders calculate four metric conversions, including inches to centimeters and ounces to millimeters.
Curated OER
New York State Testing Program Practice
In this standardized test preparation worksheet, 8th graders solve several varying problems. This twelve page test preparation worksheet asks students to show their work and explain how they arrived at their answers.
Curated OER
WS 1.9-Review Calculations
For this calculations worksheet, students find significant figures in numbers, they determine densities of substances and objects, they convert from one metric unit to another and they determine the appropriate unit of measurement for...
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Metric Conversions: Appropriate Units of Measurements
In this math worksheet, students choose the appropriate unit of measurement in 12 problems. Students then convert metric units to larger or smaller measurements and also change metric to standard measurements.
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Unit Conversions
In this unit conversions activity, 7th graders solve 10 different problems that include identifying various units of measurement. First, they convert the listed units of time and weight. Then, students write each new conversion on the...
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Converting Meters and Millimeters (A)
In this converting measurements worksheet, students use the millimeter to meter conversion tool to help them convert the given measurements. Students solve twenty four problems.
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Conversions
In this measurements worksheet, students review how metric conversions work and the prefixes associated with the conversions. Then students complete 27 problems, 1 short answer, 14 matching, and 7 fill in the blank questions.
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U.S. Standard Units to Measure Length
In this standard length measurement worksheet, students solve 11 problems in which conversions are made between inches, feet, yards and miles.
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Converting Units of Capacity, Weight, Mass, and Area
In this math worksheet, students solve the problems using measurement conversions. They concentrate on the units used for capacity, weight, mass, and area.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Customary Units of Length - Homework 6.2
On this measurement hanodout, individuals review how to make conversions with customary units of length. They make conversions, compare lengths, and reason which unit of measure they would use for given items. To conclude the assignment,...
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How Big is Barbie?
High schoolers measure various dimensions of a male and a female dolls body and scale them proportionally to average human measurements. They calculate the appropriate scale factor (magnitude) to enlarge their doll and apply that scale...
Teach Engineering
Efficiency of a Water Heating System
Tired of waiting for hot water? Groups of three determine the efficiency of an electric water-heating device. They calculate the amount of energy it takes to heat the water and the theoretical amount of energy required to heat the water....
Bowland
Highway Link Design
Discover a renewed appreciation for the highway transportation department. with a lesson that has scholars design a highway route that meets certain conditions, including traffic flow, curves, speed limits, financial costs, and...
Lane Community College
Review Sheets: Introductory Physical Science
This hybrid instructional activity connects mathematics to a science class. Learners practice solving problems that involve making a variety of conversions. An assortment of questions hits all the calculations needed for a middle school...
Curated OER
Hot Under The Collar
Pupils try to get a collar on temperature with a short assessment item that asks them to compare two different methods in converting Celsius to Fahrenheit. Individuals try to find out when an estimation provides conversions that are...
Noyce Foundation
Once Upon a Time
Examine the relationship between time and geometry. A series of five lessons provides a grade-appropriate problem from elementary through high school. Each problem asks learners to compare the movement of the hands on a clock to an angle...
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Shrink Me!
The incredibly shrinking meter—decimeters to centimeters, to millimeters, and now to nanometers! Learners may have a difficult time visualizing particles on a nanoscale. Help them see a little clearer using a well-designed lesson...
Curated OER
Water Down the Drain
Did you know that leaky faucets waste $10 million worth of water? Conservationists perform an experiment and draw best-fit lines to explore how the US Geological Society determined this value.
Concord Consortium
Metric Volume
Master metric measurements. Given the fact that the volume of one milliliter of water is one cubic centimeter, scholars figure out the volume of one liter of water. They must determine the correct unit of length for a unit cube that...
Curated OER
A Model Solar System
If Earth is modeled by a grapefruit, what planet could be represented by a golf ball? This activity uses everyday and not-so-everyday objects to create a model of the Solar System.
Indian Institute of Technology
Could King Kong Exist?
The title says it all: Could King Kong exist? Investigate how increasing the dimensions of an object affects its surface area and volume to mathematically conclude whether a creature with the weight and height of King Kong could actually...