Scientific Skills & Measurement

5 interactive Integrated Science simulations on scientific skills & measurement.

Length and volume measurement – ruler and graduated cylinder Integrated Science · Scientific Skills & Measurement Students drag an object along a ruler so one end lines up with the 0 mark, read its length to the ruler's... Ages 11–12
Reading instruments – scale division and parallax error Integrated Science · Scientific Skills & Measurement Practise reading six instruments with analogue scales: a liquid-in-glass thermometer, a newton meter, a measuring... Ages 11–12
Thermometers and temperature scales – calibrate, compare, convert °C, °F, K Integrated Science · Scientific Skills & Measurement Calibrate a blank liquid-in-glass thermometer from two fixed points (melting ice at 0 °C, boiling water at 100 °C... Ages 11–12
Fair test – planning an experiment and controlling variables Integrated Science · Scientific Skills & Measurement Choose an investigation (dissolving sugar, a toy car rolling down a ramp, seedlings growing) and decide which factor... Ages 11–12
Plotting Graphs from Data – scales, line of best fit, interpolation and extrapolation Integrated Science · Scientific Skills & Measurement Choose a data set (spring, cooling water, current through a resistor, growing seedling), pick the axes and scales,... Ages 11–12