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Icebergs Ahead!
Students examine icebergs and how they are suspended in water, why ice floats, the melting process of an iceberg, and the floating behavior of ice compared to that of a cork through a lab activity.
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Related Rates
For this related rates worksheet, students are given various scenarios and determine the distance and rate of each situation. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.
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Fossil Fuels, Who Needs Them
Ninth graders explore how electricity is created and distributed through alternative production methods. Students participate in hands-on activities, research, lecture based instruction, and CD ROM resources.
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Unit Conversions III
In this unit conversions worksheet, students solve 13 problems using given conversion factors to convert measurements from one unit of measurement to another.
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Are U Nuts?
In this conversion activity, students solve 9 problems where they convert from one unit of measurement to another using a given table with conversion factors.
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Laws of Exponents, Radicals
In this Algebra II learning exercise, 11th graders solve problems involving the laws of exponents, including fractional exponents, solve radical equations, and graph radical functions. The ten page learning exercise contains...
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MEANINGFUL METRICS with DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATIONS
Tenth graders study the metric system. In this metric lesson students complete a lab activity and several metric worksheets.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Formulas: Practice
In this formula worksheet, students use formulas to solve 5 word problems, showing their work. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
Curated OER
Too Many Tamales
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The lesson uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: Length, Area, Volume, Time
On this interactive site students learn to estimate lengths and distances using kilometers, explain the difference between perimeter and area, and measure the volume of a 3D object by counting the cubic centimeters.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Volume
Pick up some valuable pointers on how to figure out the volume of various shapes. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an online "Test Bite" and check your understanding.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Volume and Mass
This lesson will describe the concepts of volume and mass and show how to calculate volume and mass.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes
At this site students use proportions to explore how volume is effected by dimension changes. This hands-on activity can be done individually or in pairs.
University of Hawai'i
Density (Lesson Plan)
The purpose of this lesson plan is to find the density of regular (volume can be with a mathematical formula) or irregular objects through water displacement. Uses actual SI units (g/cubed cm).
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Finding Amounts of "Stuff": Exploring Density
Learn what density is and how to calculate it using mass and volume.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Cubic Yards Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate cubic yards volume for a variety of different areas. Enter measurements in US units or metric units. Calculate volume from your measurements in inches (in), feet (ft), yards (yd), centimeters (cm), or...