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Lavosier Measures with Polymers

Science Scope—September 2000

Measurement activities in middle school classrooms are usually lectures followed by an activity of measuring known samples. As an alternative, the author developed a creative, hands-on activity for teaching measurement skills inspired by Antoine Laurent Lavosier and a product called polyacrylamide spikes. With this activity, students develop their metric measurement skills and boost their math proficiency as they interpret data and results from their investigation.

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