Scientific Instruments. Video worksheet

This Science Video Worksheet is one page and has an answer key in a very simple format that is designed for quick correction.

The video is an introduction to scientific instruments for Elementary and Middle School students: microscope, telescope, balance, graduated cylinder, metric ruler, thermometer and timer. The focus is on how to measure weight, volume, distance, temperature and time using the metric system.

Per NGSS, we do not define the term ‘mass’ for Elementary School but we introduce it. This video is only an introduction, it is not rigorous (e.g., we do not talk about a meniscus when reading a volume in a graduated cylinder).

We made this video and it is free to access on our YouTube channel, which is dedicated to educational content for children.

Here’s the preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRpSnGFH26Q

For this video’s content, we have noted the following Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS): 3.MD.A.2, 3.MD.B.4

This video may be convenient for lesson planning for a substitute teacher, especially if needed on short notice.

This document provides the questions in paper and multiple digital formats, directly or via links to shared drives, which you can then download.

Digital formats may save teachers time correcting homework, identifying common errors, and entering individual scores into gradebooks – and some can teach students by giving immediate feedback. The formats include:

Blackboard
Canvas
Google Forms
Microsoft Forms
Moodle
Respondus

We provide links to a shared folder which contains Google Slides that can be presented in class as a way to review the worksheet or shared electronically with students (e.g., downloaded as a PowerPoints and email, or share a link in your Google Drive).

• This is a playlist on our YouTube channel that we designed for teachers. It shows 1-minute previews of some of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AdqHZw2goE&list=PLTmMqDfxRPOhozl-H1sJmP1R5gXaKKS3E

• For free apps for Apple’s Mac and iPad (collects no data, no advertising, no subscriptions, no paywalls, no in-app purchases), please visit our page on the Apple App Store. These apps include Common Core practice tests in math, and State science practice tests based on NGSS and State curriculums (all with detailed, colorful explanations): https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/common-core-test-prep-llc/id1612308023

• For links to many free resources, please visit our website (no 3rd party advertising, no subscriptions, no paywalls): https://commoncoretestprep.org/

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The staff at Common Core Test Prep
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