Concept Builders - Measurements and Calculations

Similar to our Fundamentals: Measurement and Units, these concept builders cover common units of measurement and other terminology used in Chemistry.

Activities

Measurement and Numbers

🞋︎ Learning Goal: To identify common units of measurement, to read an instrument to the proper number of significant digits, and to convert between standard and scientific notation.

Significant Digits and Measurement

🞋︎ Learning Goal: To understand the concept of significant digits and to use such understanding to make and process such measurements made from lab equipment.

Metric System

🞋︎ Learning Goal: To generate a comfort with the use of the metric system in order to convert simple quantities and compare given quantities.

Metric Estimation

🞋︎ Learning Goal: To use an understanding of metric units of length, mass, and volume to identify a best estimate of such quantities for a variety of common objects.

Metric Conversions

🞋︎ Learning Goal: To use an understanding of metric units and their Greek prefixes to perform conversions between a variety of metric units.