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Elementary measurement laboratories for Google Apps
The Ultimate Paper Airplane STEAM Project + Escape Room: 10 Day Challenge
Every year since I started teaching, I've done a paper airplane contest. When I first started around 12 years ago, it was a quick contest that lasted just an afternoon. Gradually, as my experience as an educator grew, this project began to grow into what it is today... A 10 day cross-curricular mega project! I always say that student engagement is the key to learning, and I can guarantee that your students will be engaged during these activities! They will be measuring, graphing, reading, analyz
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3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
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NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Science & Engineering Practices Activity Metric
If you are teaching NGSS, you need to get students familiar with measuring and need to incorporate Crosscutting Concepts and Science and Engineering Practices, this resource is perfect for you! It's a great activity to start and end the school year as well!There is very little prep and you only need a metric ruler or meter stick and string. The students learn how to use a metric ruler, record measurements in cm, track their growth over the course of the school year and learn to do metric convers
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4th - 12th
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Measuring Practice Races Lab
Are you looking for a way to get your students excited about measuring? You have to try out our Rat Race Lab!We designed this lab to involve some of our many classroom pets (mice, rats, tortoise), but this could work with wind up toys, remote controlled cars, students crab walking, or anything you can imagine!This resource includes an editable Google Doc that includes an introduction that reviews measurement definitions, measurement tools, and units of measurement, Part 1 that has students measu
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5th - 12th
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Metric Mass Lab: Percent of Error
Measuring Mass is an introductory lab activity for students to practice using a double pan balance, making predictions, computing simple math calculations and percent of error. This lab works great at the start of the year to gauge the math skills of your young scientists. Materials needed: double pan balance, known masses, 6 different balls, access to a calculator. Editable Google DocumentSTEM readyLimited lab materials Cooperative Learning encouraged (Lab Tech, Scientist, Analyst, and Rese
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5th - 9th
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Mascot Measurement Lab
This is a great activity as a stand-alone or as part of my measurement unit plan. Give students ownership over their measuring skills by providing table/pod/group "mascots" that they will use to learn how to measure length, mass, and volume by displacement.
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5th - 9th
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Science Process Skills Lab - Milk, Soap, Food Coloring
This is an entire lab printout (safety, materials, procedure, data, etc). Students will practice observing, inferring, predicting, classifying and thinking like a scientist. Students will complete basic measurements as they follow step by step procedures. Make sure to discuss all safety cautions with students prior to completing the lab.
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5th - 10th
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Conservation of Mass: Lego Investigation
Have students investigate conservation of mass in this quick, easy, and fun investigation. They will practice using a triple beam balance while demonstrating that mass does not change, even if the shape does. Great activity for a shortened day or time filler!
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3rd - 5th
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Gummy Worm Density Lab
What will happen to the volume, mass, and density of gummy worms when you leave them in solutions of water, water with salt, and water with baking soda for a period of two days? Students will investigate volume, mass, and density with gummy worms and various solutions.
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5th - 7th
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Meter Measurement Lab
Guide students to understand why we use SI measurements in science by having students come up with their own measuring device and then gain practice measuring with the metric system.
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4th - 9th
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Mass Inquiry Lab Activity
This activity is an introduction Inquiry lab to teach basic mass measuring skills. It is based on Argument Driven Inquiry layout.
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4th - 7th
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