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Peer reviewedSchulz, Susan K. – Science Activities, 1996
Discusses the metric system. Presents an activity in which students construct their own standards of measurement by taking advantage of materials available in the classroom. (MKR)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement, Metric System
Peer reviewedSchlenker, Richard M.; Yoshida, Sarah J. – Science Activities, 1992
Describes how students in grades 2-8 can make beakers from quart-sized oil containers and calibrate them in milliliters. In an second activity, students estimate the volume of water in four jars and use their beakers to measure the water in each. The estimates are compared to the true measurements. (PR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Junior High Schools, Laboratory Equipment
