Charting Weight

Students each receive a plastic egg filled with jelly beans. In this Jelly Bean Egg Challenge, students estimate and weight their eggs, they count the number of jelly beans inside their egg, they chart their data and compare their data...

Conversion immersion — it's measuring mania! A set of four activities teaches scholars to convert between customary and metric units. Resource covers unit conversions in length, temperature, weight/mass, and volume.

In this decimals to fractions worksheet, students use the information in the chart to answer the questions. Students change the decimals into fractions, estimate the previous weight and use division to find the total weight lost.

Bring the excitement of the fastest minute in sports into your classroom with a activity about the Triple Crown horse races. Young mathematicians will use information about the races, fun facts about horses, interesting information about...

How do you convert from one measurement to another? Pupils use unit rates to convert measurements from one unit to another in the 21st segment in a 29-part series. They convert within the same system to solve length, capacity, weight,...

Students investigate owl pellets.  In this math measurement and animal survival lesson, students observe, weigh, and examine the contents of an owl pellet.  Students record observations and data, then draw conclusions about the prey of...

Students are taught that the metric system is a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter for length, the kilogram for weight, and the liter for volume. They research how to convert from imperial units of measure to the...

In this data chart learning exercise, students read the directions and study the examples to learn the difference between qualitative, quantitative, discrete and continuous data. Students answer 24 questions. This page is intended to be...

Help your math class understand variables. This activity is for a visual learner. They will use weights and a balance scale to show how the sides of an equation are equal. Worksheet is included.

Students evaluate trash. In this Science lesson plan, students collect and weigh trash from their classrooms. Students categorize the trash and the corresponding weights, recording the information on a data sheet.