1 Measurement Lab
Metric system: meter, gram, liter, centigrade. Prefixes (see Appendix 1, p. 198: kilo, milli...).
Cells
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Section A
: Appendix 1 (p. 198) conversions between the metric and English systems.
Bar graph,
line graph
(instead of scatter plot graph).
Activity:
graphing exercise.
Independent variable along horizontal (X, or abscissa) axis.
Dependent variable along vertical (Y, or ordinate) axis.
Section B
: Record student heights.
Section C
:
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
Section D
(do mass first):
Measure volume of 100 ml water in a beaker. (Hint: 1 ml = 1 cc)
Measure mass (weight) of 100 ml water - measure from
meniscus.
Section E
: Graph cold and warm water over time, temperature of
homeothermic
mammals.
Section F
: Volume by displacement.
Index
Lab notes made Oct 04, 2008 by
Peter Chen
