Contributed by: Assessment of Performance Unit
1989 Administration
Task: At this station, you will estimate (make your own
best guess at) the answer without using measuring instruments.
Materials:
- Plastic box with colored water labeled "C"
- Green paper leaf labeled "L"
- Wire circle
- Rubber ball labeled "B"
- Tube with water labeled "T"
- Container labeled "C"
- Wooden rod
- Package labeled "P"
Questions:
- How much colored water (cm3) is there in plastic
box C?
- What is the area (cm2) of the green paper leaf L?
- How long (cm) is the wire that makes the circle?
- What is the mass (g) of ball B?
- How much water (cm3) is there in tube T?
- What is the area (cm2) of the bottom of container
C?
- How long (cm) is the wooden rod?
- What force (N) do you use when you lift up parcel P by the loop
of the string?
- What is the area (cm2) of the top of tube T?
- What is the mass (g) of the circle of wire?
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