Station AMASS

Station BWEIGHT

Station CLENGTH

Station DAREA & PERIMETER

Station ETEMPERATURE

Station FVOLUME ( RECTANGULAR PRISM)

Station GELAPSED TIME

Station HVOLUME (LIQUID – CUSTOMARY)

Station IVOLUME (LIQUID – METRIC)

NAME: ______

HOMEROOM TEACHER: ______
Fifth Grade chart

Station A: Mass

First – Watch the PowerPoint on how to use the triple beam balance. The last part of the PowerPoint will have practice questions on how to read the balance.

Second - Answer the questions below by writing in the correct mass (in grams).

Triple Beam Balance Practice:

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Third - Now that you know how to use the triple beam balance, there are three items to measure. Each container holds 1 cup of material. Measure and record the mass on the chart below:

ITEM / Mass (in grams) / Mass (in Kilograms)

Question1) What causes the mass to be different for each item? ______

______

Question2) What is the mass of these rocks?

A 10 grams

B17 grams

C 19 grams

D 22 grams

Question3) If you weigh 60 pounds on earth, your mass on earth would be approximately 27,000 grams.

What would your mass be on the moon?

Mass (metric):______

Question4) What does mass measure?

______

Question5) The pans in this balance are at the same height. According to this information, the mass of the rock sample is:

A170 grams

B 180 grams

C 200 grams

D 230 grams

Question6)

Equal masses of

paper towel were

used to soak up

water from a cup. Which question can be answeredfrom the information above?

F Which paper towel is the best buy?

G Which paper towel is most absorbent?

H Which paper towel is the most colorful?

J Which paper towel is safest for the environment?

Station B: Weight

First – Watch the PowerPoint on how to read the scale. The last part of the PowerPoint will have practice questions on how to read the scale. Record your answers below:

Each mark represents / This scale can weigh / The scale shows
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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Item / Weight

Question7) If your backpack weighs 36 pounds on earth, how much would it weigh on the moon?

Weight (customary):______

Question8) That 36pound backpack contains about 16 kilograms of mass. What would its mass be on the moon? ______

Question9) How is weight different from mass?

______

Question10) The chocolate factory needs 2 ounces of chocolate for each truffle. How many truffles can be made with 5 pounds of chocolate?

Question11) A rock is taken from the surface of the moonand brought to Earth. What is different aboutthis rock on Earth?

A Its mass

B Its shape

C Its length

DIts weight

Question12) Carson weighed 7 pounds when he was born. Samuel weighed 120 ounces when he was born. Which statement is true?

Carson weighed half a pound more than Samuel
Samuel weighed half a pound more than Carson
Samuel weighed 8 pounds when he was born
You can’t compare the two using ounces and pounds

Station C: Length

(use the unit that makes the most sense – for example, measure a piece of paper using inches or centimeters, not feet or meters)

First – write the name of your partner in the first cell on the blank line.

Second – have your partner lie down on the floor.

Third – Use a piece of tape to mark on the floor where the top of your partner’s head comes... and also the bottom of the heel.

Finally, measure the distance between the two pieces of tape. Do not count the tape as part of the measurement.

Item / Height
Customary / Height
Metric
Your Partner’s Name ______
Width of Chalkboard
Width of desktop

Question1) Trent is 5 feet tall. His sister Elise is30 inches tall. What fractional part of Trent’sheight is Elise’s height?

Question13) Bonnie’s skis are 172 cm long. Miguel’s skis are 12 cm shorter than Bonnie’s. How long are Miguel’s skis? ______

Question14) Use the ruler on the mathematics chart to measure each watchband. How long is each watchband?

Station D: Area & Perimeter

(use the unit that makes the most sense – for example, measure a piece of paper using inches or centimeters, not feet or meters)

Build a rectangle using the information in the chart below. Then complete the chart for each rectangle: (make sure to show your formula for perimeter and area – see example)

# units / length / width / perimeter (show equation)
(2l) + (2w)
2(l+w) / area (show equation)
lw
EX: 30 / 5 / 6 / (2x5)+(2x6) =22
or
2(5+6)=22 / 5 X 6 = 30
18
48
9 / 4
10 / 3

Question15) A rectangular driveway measures 38 feet by 12 feet. What is the area of the driveway?

A 50 square feet

B100 square feet

C316 square feet

D 456 square feet

Question16) The drawing below represents a parking lot at the mall.Use the ruler on the Mathematics Chart to measure the dimensions of the parking lot to the nearesttenth of a centimeter.

Which is closest to the perimeter of the actual parking lot in meters?

F 440 m

G 300 m

H 225 m

J 220 m

Station E: Temperature

Measure the temperature in each cup.
Number the cups in order from lowest temperature to highest temperature using the numbers 1-3 (write the number under the letter in the space provided).
Record temperature on thermometer(color and label).
Record your data in the chart.

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Cup / Temperature
(Celsius) / Temperature
(Fahrenheit)
A
B
C

Question17) How much would the temperature of CUP A have to change to match the temperature of CUP B?

_____ degrees Fahrenheit_____ degrees Celsius

Question18) Some students were studying properties of water. One student placed a cup containing 80 mL of water in a freezer. Another student placed an identical cup containing 40 mL of water in a different freezer. Which of the following will be the same for both cups of water?

A The temperature at which the water freezes

B The mass of the frozen water

C The time it takes the water to freeze

D The volume of the frozen water

Question19) What tool is used to find the temperature at which water boils?

C.D.

Station F: Volume of a Rectangular Prism

LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT = VOLUME

3 X 1 X 2 = 6 cubic units

Using the information in the table below, build a rectangular prism. Then complete the table.

# cubes / length / width / height / Volume
V= L x W x H
ex: 12 / 3 cubes / 2 cubes / 2 cubes / Lengthxwidthxheight = V
3 x 2 x 2 = 12 cubic units
24
2 / 5 / 10
3 / 4 / 5

Question20) A model made of 1-foot cubes is shown.

What is the volume of this model?

A 120 cubic feet

B 30 cubic feet

C 24 cubic feet

D 74 cubic feet

Question21) Which of these rectangular prisms has a volume of 96 cubic units?
Station G: Elapsed Time

First – Watch the PowerPoint on elapsed time. The last part of the PowerPoint will have practice questions. Record your answers below:

Start Time / End Time / Elapsed Time
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Question 22) CiCi’s pizza opens at 11:00 a.m. Workers arrive each morning 2 hours and forty minutes before the store opens to prepare pizzas, salads, pastas, and desserts. What time do the workers have to arrive?

Question 23) A standard football game has 60 minutes of play (played in four quarters of 15 minutes each). When played on television, there are five minutes of commercials every ten minutes (including at the end), and a 20 minute half time show (which has a commercial at the beginning and end of the show). If the game starts at 3:00, what time will it end? (Hint: draw a timeline to help solve this.)
Station H: Volume of a Liquid - Customary

Make sure the water is at the black water line before you start. Measure all of the water in the bucket. How many cups are in the bucket? If you measure using pints, how many pints are there? Measure again using quarts. Gallons is already done for you.

Description:RED BUCKET OF WATER

Volume in cups:______

Volume in pints:______

Volume in quarts:______Volume in gallons: ______

Question24) What patterns do you notice between:

a)cups and pints?______

b)pints and quarts?______

c)quarts and gallons?______

DRAW THE BIG G HERE


DRAW GALLON MAN HERE

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Question25) How many cups are in 3 gallons? ______

Question26) How many pints are in 3 quarts? ______

Question27) A picnic jug holds 4 quarts of lemonade. How

many ounces of lemonade does it hold?

Question28) Mr. Perkins needs 16 ounces of milk for a

recipe. How many cups of milk does he needfor the recipe?

Question29) Pat gives his pet rabbit cup of water inthe morning and cup of water in theafternoon, as shown in the measuring cupsbelow.How much water does he give his rabbiteach day? Record your answer in the box below.

Question30) Wanda is watering plants for her neighbor. She gives each plant a little less than cup ofwater once a week. Which amount is less thancup?

Station I: Volume of a Liquid - Metric

Make sure the water is at the black water line before you start. Measure all of the water in the green bucket. How many milliliters are in the bucket? If you measure using centiliters, how many centiliters are there? Measure again using quarts. Liters is already done for you.

Description:GREEN BUCKET OF WATER

Volume in milliliters:______

Volume in centiliters:______

Volume in deciliters:______

Volume in liters:______

For each of the following questions, write the equation used to find the answer and record your answer in the box at the right:

Question31) How many milliliters are in 5 centiliters?

Question32) How many centiliters are in 2 liters?

Question33) Vanessa poured 250 milliliters

of water into aflowerpot. What fractional part of a liter is250 milliliters?

Question34) Katherine was given a tiny lamb by her uncle. The lamb was a runt and had to be fed by hand. Every three hours Katherine had to give it two hundred ninety milliliters of formula. How much formula, in liters, will the lamb get in 24 hours? Show your work and record your answer in the box below.

Question 35) According to the news report, the volcano dumped forty-one million kilograms of lava on the surrounding countryside. The biggest eruption up to this time had left three million, two hundred thousand kilograms of lava in its wake. How much more lava was dumped this time? Show your work and record your answer in the box below.