Measure for Measure
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Audience: Grades 5-8

National Science Education Content Standards:
Standard D: Earth and Space Science

This activity can also be applied to the mastery of proportions, ratios, fractions and scale.

Keywords: scale measurement, proportions, ratios, fractions, JOIDES Resolution

Description

In Measure for Measure, students will be able to calculate scales of distance and length as used by ocean drilling scientists.

The related metric measuring tape can be requested for free from deepearthacademy@oceanleadership.org.

Credit
Activity written by Leslie Peart (9/2004) and updated by Jennifer Collins (11/2008)

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