Great Metric Scavenger Hunt
1. The volume of twenty-five pennies in cubic centimeters.
2. A TMS student whose hair is longer than 4 decimeters, from root to tip. State the length of hair in centimeters and have him/her sign your paper.
3. The mass of a half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich in grams.
4. The mass of a newspaper in kilograms.
5. The definition of scavenge.
6. The length of a teacher’s shoe (not science or math) in centimeters. Give teacher’s name and ask him/her to initial.
7. Something besides a meter stick that measures one meter in length (plus or minus 3cm.) Name the item and state its length in centimeters.
8. The height of your science classroom from floor to ceiling in meters.
9. The year Archimedes died.
10. The distance from Earth to the Sun in kilometers.
11. The mass of an official TMS Agenda Mate in dekagrams.
12. The length of your big toe in millimeters.
13. The mass in grams of something green and plastic (State what it is too!)
14. The volume of pack of index cards (3” x 5”) in cubic centimeters.
15. The depth of a student sink in science class in centimeters.
16. The mass of a dollar in change, in grams. (State the combination of coins.)
17. The diameter of a CD in millimeters.
18. The volume of the door in B227or B229 in cubic centimeters. (Show how you got your answer.)
19. The mass of a l00mL graduated cylinder in grams.
20. The volume of ten paper clips in cubic centimeters.
21. The maximum volume of water you can hold in your mouth in milliliters.
22. The number of milliliters of Pepsi in a 2 liter bottle of Coke.
23. The mass of the Sun in grams.
24. The distance from the front door of science room to the door of the bathroom in meters.
25. The mass of meat (before cooking) in a MacDonald’s Quarter Pounder in grams.
26. The number of cubic centimeters in a cubic meter.
27. The mass in grams of a chocolate chip cookie (no nuts!)
28. The approximate
2. A TMS student whose hair is longer than 4 decimeters, from root to tip. State the length of hair in centimeters and have him/her sign your paper.
3. The mass of a half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich in grams.
4. The mass of a newspaper in kilograms.
5. The definition of scavenge.
6. The length of a teacher’s shoe (not science or math) in centimeters. Give teacher’s name and ask him/her to initial.
7. Something besides a meter stick that measures one meter in length (plus or minus 3cm.) Name the item and state its length in centimeters.
8. The height of your science classroom from floor to ceiling in meters.
9. The year Archimedes died.
10. The distance from Earth to the Sun in kilometers.
11. The mass of an official TMS Agenda Mate in dekagrams.
12. The length of your big toe in millimeters.
13. The mass in grams of something green and plastic (State what it is too!)
14. The volume of pack of index cards (3” x 5”) in cubic centimeters.
15. The depth of a student sink in science class in centimeters.
16. The mass of a dollar in change, in grams. (State the combination of coins.)
17. The diameter of a CD in millimeters.
18. The volume of the door in B227or B229 in cubic centimeters. (Show how you got your answer.)
19. The mass of a l00mL graduated cylinder in grams.
20. The volume of ten paper clips in cubic centimeters.
21. The maximum volume of water you can hold in your mouth in milliliters.
22. The number of milliliters of Pepsi in a 2 liter bottle of Coke.
23. The mass of the Sun in grams.
24. The distance from the front door of science room to the door of the bathroom in meters.
25. The mass of meat (before cooking) in a MacDonald’s Quarter Pounder in grams.
26. The number of cubic centimeters in a cubic meter.
27. The mass in grams of a chocolate chip cookie (no nuts!)
28. The approximate