Station 1: measuring & graphing short lengths 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a bar graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Measure the length of each object with a ruler. Record the length using appropriate metric units.
Station 2: measuring & graphing long lengths 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a bar graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Measure the of the room from door to door. Use a meter stick. Measure the length of the room from door to wall. Measure the length of the walkway from end to end. Record your data using appropriate metric units.
Station 3: measuring & graphing volume 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a bar graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Fill each container with water. Pour the water into a graduated cylinder to determine the volume of the container. Record your data using appropriate metric units.
Station 4: measuring & graphing mass 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a scatter plot. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Find the mass of the beaker. Find the mass of the beaker + 50 ml of water. Find the mass of the beaker + 100 ml of water. Find the mass of the beaker + 150 ml of water. Find the mass of the beaker + 200 ml of water. Record your data using appropriate metric units.
Station 5: measuring & graphing time 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data. using a bar graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Time is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE in this activity. 1. Measure how long it takes for you to say the alphabet backwards in seconds. 2. Measure how much time takes to untie and tie your shoe in seconds. 3. Measure how much time it takes to walk around the classroom in seconds.
Station 6: measuring & graphing height 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a line graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Time is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this activity. Observe the plants. They were observed and measured for 25 days. Record your data using appropriate metric units.
Station 6: measuring & graphing height Day 1 6 cm Day 5 10 cm Day 10 20 cm Day 15 25cm Day 20 35 cm Day 25 45 cm
Station 7: measuring & graphing mass 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a bar graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Find the mass of each cube. Record your data using appropriate metric units.
Station 8: measuring & graphing temperature 1. Read the task carefully. 2. Make a TABLE to collect your data. 3. Collect your data. 4. Graph the data using a line graph. 5. Clean up the station & put all materials back where they belong. The Task Time is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this activity. Wrap one thermometer in black cloth. Wrap the other thermometer in white cloth. Put both thermometers under the lamp for 5 minutes. Record the temperature of each thermometer every minute for 5 minutes.
Station 9: graphs tell stories Bend the pipe cleaner to make a graph show the shape of a line graph for the story told by this data: Temperatures in San Antonio Day Temperature 1 93 F 2 93 F 3 90 F 4 87 F 5 89 F 6 87 F Have your teacher check your graph.
Station 10: graphs tell stories Draw the graph that tells this story: Middle school students love snacks. Their favorite snack is chips. Their next favorite is popcorn. A few students like granola. Almost no one likes raisins.
Given this investigation: a tennis ball is dropped from several different distances above the floor and the height it bounces back up is measured with a meter stick. Are the labels on the graph correct or incorrect? Explain your answer. Distance above floor (cm) Station 11: check yourself Return bounce height at different distances Height of bounce (cm)
Station 12: check yourself Are the labels on the graph correct or incorrect? Explain your answer. Number of fish caught on different types of baits Number of fish caught Given this investigation: a fisherman used several different types of artificial baits and recorded the number of fish caught on each type of bait. Types of baits
Station 13: check yourself Are the labels appropriate? Explain your answer. Density of rocks in different locations Density of rocks Given this investigation: rocks from several different parts of the country were collected. The density of each rock was measured & recorded. Location of rocks
Station 14: check yourself Given this investigation: Amount of weathering of rocks at different temperatures Temperature ( C) 10 15 20 25 Amount of weathering (g) 5 7 8 10 Write the labels for a graph of this data.
Station 15: check yourself What are reasonable units of measurement for the bottles? The height of the bottles is The volume of the bottles is
Station 16: check yourself Complete this partially filled in chart.
Name Station 1: measuring & graphing short lengths Data Table Station 2: measuring & graphing long lengths Data Table Graph Graph
Station 3: measuring & graphing volume Station 4: measuring & graphing mass Data Table Data Table Graph Graph
Station 5: measuring & graphing time Station 6: measuring & graphing height Data Table Data Table Graph Graph
Station 7: measuring & graphing mass Station 8: measuring & graphing temperature Data Table Data Table Graph Graph
Station 9: graphs tell stories Teacher check 1; draw the shape of your pipe cleaner below Station 11: check yourself Write your explanation below Station 10: graphs tell stories Draw the graph of the story below: Station 12: check yourself Write your explanation below
Station 13: check yourself Write your explanation below Station 15: check yourself The height of the bottles is The volume of the bottles is Station 14: check yourself Station 16: check yourself
Name Read This First! You will be moving from station to station. At each station you will be asked to measure and/or collect data and graph something. Please read the following information and refer back to it as often as needed to make sure you are producing accurate and quality work. The Metric System