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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkActivity: Identifying a solid using density
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentEffective measurement techniques include the concept of measurement uncertainty. Students may make erroneous conclusions analyzi...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLab: Measuring the Speed of Sound in Air (with uncertainty analysis)
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Physics, Professional DevelopmentStudents use a microphone and Vernier LabQuest to record the sound of a finger-snap echo in a 1-2 meter cardboard tube. Students...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkActivity: Measure Your Reaction Time
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentThis is a lab activity that allows students to collect data to practice using effective measurement. While other authors have pr...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLab: Horizontally Launched Projectiles (with uncertainty analysis)
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Force & Motion, Professional DevelopmentThis is a version of the time-tested lab where students roll a ball off a table top and use kinematics in two dimensions to try ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to Measurement (advanced high school/intro college level)
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development30-page illustrated guide to fundamentals of measurement. This is intended to be a clear, comprehensive overview of effective me...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0