1 Measurement Lab p. 1

Metric units: meter, gram, liter, centigrade. Prefixes (kilo, milli...; see Appendix 1, p. 198).

  1. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METRIC AND ENGLISH MEASUREMENTS

    Conversion practice:

  2. GRAPHING

    • Independent variable along horizontal (X, or abscissa) axis.
    • Dependent variable along vertical (Y, or ordinate) axis.

    Record student heights on board.

    p. 2 Plot on a bar graph or line graph (instead of scatter plot graph).

  3. SURFACE AREA/VOLUME

    Surface area/Volume (Add l, h, w, on data sheet, near top of p. 6)

    • Surface area of a box: SA = 2(lw + lh + wh)

    • Volume of a box: lwh. SA/V Calculator

  4. MASS AND VOLUME RELATIONSHIP OF WATER p. 3

    • Measure volume of 100 ml water in a beaker. (Hint: 1 ml = 1 cc)

    • Measure mass (weight) of 100 ml water - measure from meniscus.

  5. HEAT MEASUREMENT

    Graph cold and warm water over time.

    Record body temperatures on board. p. 4

  6. VOLUME BY DISPLACEMENT
Index Lab notes made Jun 19, 2010 by Peter Chen