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Purpose:
Students will demonstrate how to use metric measurement (length, mass, temperature, and volume) and how to convert metric to English and English to metric.
Summary:
Students will participate in multiple activities demonstrating the different ways to measure matter using the metric system.
Objectives Links:
Process Skills Checklist
Materials:
(The tools depend on the activity the students are participating in.)
- student worksheet
- metric ruler
- triple beam balance
- counter-weight balance
- conversion chart
- graduated cylinders
- thermometer with Celsius and Fahrenheit
Safety Concerns:
Common sense precautions; thermometers may contain mercury and the graduated cylinders may be made of glass and therefore create a glass hazard.
Revision Date:
November 2001
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