Properties of Matter

Helpful videos that explain: metric measurement/units, mass, weight, volume, density, and intensive/extensive properties

This "chapter" has some good information on mass, volume, and density. There are resources for both teachers and students, along with some sample multimedia.

Students - I recommend you download the "Student Reading PDF".

Great website that lets you calculate your weight (in any unit) on other "worlds" including planets, moons, and stars.

Explores the concepts of mass, volume, and density and how they are important to the sport of ice hockey.

Recreate Galileo's legendary experiment by dropping objects of different masses from the leaning tower of Pisa. You can also drop them in a vacuum to see how air resistance affects this.

Video discusses Newton's First Law of Motion and the role that unbalanced forces play whenever a ball carrier goes head to head with a defender. It discusses a player's inertia and the difference between mass and weight.

Excellent simulation! Unfortunately, it is not yet compatible with an iPad.

Why do objects like wood float in water? Does it depend on size? Create a custom object to explore the effects of mass and volume on density. Can you discover the relationship? Use the scale to measure the mass of an object, then hold the object under water to measure its volume.

Learn about the density of materials and some of the factors can change that density.