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This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about mass and weight. The activity in this chapter is Mass and Weight.
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What Will Happen to the Weight?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about weight. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that the gravitational force on an object, and thus its weight, is the same…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical cells. It is designed to reveal what students think is happening inside a common battery as it gets “used up.” The word weight is used…
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Healthy Diet And Weight (Human Health)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand the relationship between diet, exercise, weight, and body mass index. This activity also helps students learn how to engage in scientific practices such as…
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Do They Have Weight and Take Up Space?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about extensive properties. It is designed to determine whether students recognize that weight (or mass) and volume are extensive properties of the three…
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Commentary: Mass and Weight—Explaining the Difference
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An opinion piece about two of the most commonly confused words in science class—mass and weight.
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Scope on the Skies: Watch your weight
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue focuses on gravity, one of the four forces in the universe that scientists refer to as a fundamental force.
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Gravity and Weight
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue explores the concept of gravity through several activities and readings.
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Case Study: The Hunger Pains: Ghrelin, Weight Loss, and Maintenance
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue the case study involves the topic of weight loss…
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