Density Detective: Mass, Volume and Kinds of Matter
Students sort samples of matter into elements, compounds and mixtures, then use mass and volume to calculate density and identify unknown metals.
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Students sort samples of matter into elements, compounds and mixtures, then use mass and volume to calculate density and identify unknown metals.
Students read a short passage on fibers and fabric, fill in key sewing terms, sort fibers by source, and solve three yardage and seam problems.
Students use a table of kitchen equivalents to convert between teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons and ounces and solve real recipe questions.
Students practice reading U.S. ruler and tape-measure marks in sixteenths of an inch, adding and subtracting lengths, converting units, and fixing a common measuring mistake.
Students learn the counting rules for significant figures, then count, round and use them in multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.
Students use proportions and scale factors to find missing lengths in similar figures, maps, models and shadow problems, and complete a table on how perimeter, area and volume scale.
Students sort the volume formulas and then compute volumes of prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres and a combined solid from measurements given in words.