Materials List:
Measurement Certainty:
How Certain Are You?
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/rice_density_activity1
How Certain Are You?
Each group needs:
- caliper (or other tool to measure linear dimensions, such as a ruler)
- electronic scale (or a balance)
- 5 identical cubes*
- 5 identical rectangular prisms*
- (optional, for advanced students) 5 identical pyramids*
- calculator with statistical functions
- lab notebooks (or other paper for documenting measurements and making calculations)
- materials for final product deliverable (determined by the teacher; might include paper and markers, computer and software, etc.)
- Density and Statistics Practice Sheet, one per student
- Activity Rubric, one per group
* Note about the blocks: Have available a supply of small cubes, rectangular prisms and (optional) pyramids made of the same material, such as wood; for example, this kit of 96 wooden geosolid shapes https://www.hand2mind.com/item/wooden-geosolids-classroom-kit-set-of-96