This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting pints and cups into cups.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting quarts and cups into cups.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting pints to cups.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting between liters and milliliters ii.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting gallons to quarts.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting centimeters to millimeters.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting feet to yards.
This task gives students word problems with a given a set of a specified size and a specified number of subsets. The questions ask the student to find out the size of each of the subsets.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fifth graders an overview of comparison of capacity (gallons, pints, and quarts).
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting gallons and quarts into cups.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting inches to feet.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting inches to yards.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting kilograms and grams into grams.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about converting miles to feet.
Students act as mining engineers and simulate ore mining production by using chocolate chip cookies. They focus on the cost-benefit analysis of the chocolate ore production throughout the simulation, which helps them understand the cost of production. As students “mine” with tools such as paperclips and toothpicks, they keep records of their costs—land (cookie), equipment used, cookie size before and after production, and time spent. While the goal is to make as much profit as possible, other costs and goals are taken into consideration—as in real-world mining engineering. For example, mining engineers also consider the resulting amount of destruction to the lithosphere when deciding the best method to obtain ore. Thus, a line item for land reclamation cost is included from the beginning. A provided worksheet serves as a profit and loss statement.
Students learn and apply concepts in thermodynamics and energy—mainly convection, conduction, and radiation— to solve a challenge. This is accomplished by splitting students into teams and having them follow the engineering design process to design and build a small insulated box, with the goal of keeping an ice cube and a Popsicle from melting. Students are given a short traditional lecture to help familiarize them with the basic rules of thermodynamics and an introduction to materials science while they continue to monitor the ice within their team’s box.
The arrow of time, from origin of the universe to the present and beyond spans several major epochs throughout all of history. Cosmic evolution is the study of the many varied changes in the assembly and composition of energy, matter and life in the thinning and cooling of the universe.
In this example students examine and critique an argument which implies that it is not cost effective to pay for an automobile with increased fuel efficiency. Using a few reasonable assumptions shows that some of the writer's quantitative claims are not very accurate.
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This Western Mining History database uses Mineral Resources Data System to list known Colorado historical mines by county. Each county site has links to the known mines within its borders. Some are known and named, others are unnamed. Mines should be assumed to be on private property unless other research is conducted. Data provided for each mine site include: Name, State, County, Elevation, Primary Mineral Mined, Latitude and Longitude and a link to Google Maps. Photos are provided where available. Additional information for some Mines are satellite photos, and ownership, business and historical records. Mining History is an historical site that provides information on mining, mining towns, the gold and silver rush, and Photos and maps of the western United States. This is a great database for student historical research or data and statistics classes. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
This activity has students investigate their own cost, CO2 output, and time for commuting. They then compare their commute to an environmentally conscious alternative by using comparable metrics.
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