4 Ways to Use your Classroom Display as an Activity

I display various anchor charts around my classroom such as these Science Measurement Tools Anchor Charts.

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Depending on the amount of time we have, students can do one of these activities: 

1. Scavenger Hunt - Divide into teams.  Give students a list of tools and ask them to write down what it measures. *Extend by having teams find the actual tools after completing the list.
• Thermometer - temperature
• Spring Scale - weight
• Balance - mass
• Graduated Cylinder - liquid volume
• Ruler - length
• Stopwatch - time
2. Interactive Lab Stations - Set up stations with measurement tools.  Students rotate through the stations using each tool to measure. 
3. Poster Project - Students choose  a measurement tool and make their own chart explaining how to properly use it. *Click here  for examples
4. Exit Ticket - Students answer a question about a measurement tool before leaving class.  Write the question on the board and have students write down their answer.
• What does a ruler measure?  length
• What Science tool would you use to measure liquid volume? graduated cylinder
• What Science tool measures how long something lasted? stopwatch
• What Science tool uses the standard units grams (g) and kilograms (kg)? balance
• What are the standard units does a thermometer use? Celsius or Kelvin (K)
• What Science tool is used to measure the amount of gravity on an object? spring scale

My students like getting out of their seats and there's not much prep for most of these activities.