Description

Bridging research and practice, FOSS Third Edition Modules engage students and teachers in enduring experiences that lead to deeper understanding of science and engineering concepts, as well as the natural and designed world. The Measuring Matter Module for Grade 3 introduces students to tools and procedures for comparing matter in its common states of solid, liquid, and gas. Measurement, the process of quantifying observations, compares nature to a standard unit allowing the organization of the world to become more comprehensible.

In the FOSS Third Edition Measuring Matter Complete Kit with 4 hands-on investigation activities, students will: apply the conventions of measurement– accuracy, position, orientation, and repetition; use tools to make accurate measurements and represent measurements by using numbers and units, then use measurement data to construct explanations; plan a procedure, and apply it to solve a problem; use tables and graphs to organize and display data for analysis; weigh materials to confirm conservation of matter; investigate the relationship between phase change and heating and cooling; and make and separate a number of simple mixtures, then mix materials to observe solutions and reactions.