Students experience how to make compost. This instructional activity is ongoing with periodic checks and maintenance. They select a piece of ground around the school or around their homes to establish a compost pile. Organic materials...

Pupils investigate the concept of voltage and electricity. They differentiate between an insulator and a conductor in the context of using electrical safety with the help of a doll house. Then students pretend the doll lives in a real...

In this matter in motion worksheet, students answer the provided questions as it relates to motion, speed, velocity, and acceleration. Students mark given statements as either true or false.

In this elephant worksheet, students read several factual paragraphs about African elephants. Students then answer several questions about the animals.

In this English worksheet, learners read "UK Hospitals Ban Cooing a Babies," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students examine the pH level of rain water in their local community. They locate each location on a map. They analyze the data and draw conclusions.

In this El Nino worksheet, students review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.

Environmental Education for Kids offers step-by-step procedures to measure trees. Designed for Wisconsin's Champion Trees, these guidelines can be adopted for use in any state or area.

Animated interactive teaches young researchers about scales and devices used to measure temperature.

Animated resource helps young researchers understand air pressure and how we measure it.

Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This part...

This site offers free multiple choice quizzes for mastering measurement conversions. Metric and customary systems are both included.

For this fourth grade performance task, students measure tree leaves using metric units and make predictions about the length of other leaves on the tree. They also suggest other good questions they might ask about trees in the school...

In this task, students must estimate the number of leaves on a large tree, taking into account various complex factors such as the area shaded by the tree, the area of irregularly shaped leaves, the uneven distribution of leaves, the...

This is a mathematical modeling task aimed at making a reasonable estimate for something which is too large to count accurately, the number of leaves on a tree, taking into account the tree size and the density of the leaves. Aligns with...

In this activity, learners will observe and measure the water given off through transpiration by a plant in a small terrarium.

Following the instructions, measure the trees in your yard to find their age, then record the findings on the data collection sheet.

What tree is big enough for a car to drive through? Figure it out with this NCTM math challenge on measurement. Find out why understanding measurement is important in everyday life. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for...

This is a set of lessons where students investigate tree rings and what scientists can learn from them. They measure tree rings and correlate the data to precipitation patterns in order to make predictions about the climate. For an...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use similar triangles to determine the height of the base of a tree house. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.

Explains what a forest densiometer is, its history, and its use as a tool to measure forest overstory density, i.e., the area percentage that a tree canopy covers.

Offers instructions in how to use a clinometer, an instrument used by foresters for measuring angles in order to determine the height of a tree. The mathematics behind a clinometer is also explained.

In this activity, students will learn how to read a topographical map and how to triangulate with just a map. True triangulation requires both a map and compass, but to simplify the activity and make it possible indoors, the compass...

Students learn about trigonometry, geometry and measurements while participating in a hands-on interaction with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT technology. First they review fundamental geometrical and trigonometric concepts. Then, they estimate the...