Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

 

 

Course Title  General Science               Grade:  Eight

Month Presented:  May       

 

Unit:  Volume and Metrics                     Unit Length (in weeks): One Week

 

 

Essential Question (s):

Why are Metrics important in the study of Science?

How does the use of Metrics make things easier to Scientists?

How is metrics a universal measuring tool?

 

Learning Objectives:

To understand relation between metrics and English conversions

To compute the volume of various objects in metric terms (cylinders, spheres, rectangles)

To distinguish between the various volume formulas.

 

Skills:

To be able to differentiate between English and metric units.

To gain confidence in using metrics

To be able to analyze formulas.

To understand liquid volume displacement.

To understand  definition of a fluid..

To be able to compute the volumes of various shaped containers.

 

Instructional Strategies & Activities:

Metric Measuring Activity.

Metric fun fact sheets.

Metric Volume sheets.

 

Materials Utilized:

Various Worksheets, film, cabinet, heater, door, tennis ball, soccer ball, basketball, cardboard tube, water pipe,

 

Assessment Strategies

Various Homework Sheets

Volume Lab Sheets

Volume and Metric Quiz