A Science Teacher Wants to Provide Students with Practice in the Skill

Multiple Choice

A science teacher wants to provide students with practice in the skill of measuring volume. What would be the most appropriate activity?

A) Provide a rectangular block of wood and ask students to measure the length of each side.
B) Provide a small rock and ask students to drop the rock into a graduated cylinder that has been partially filled with water, recording the volume before and after the rock was dropped.
C) Provide a 1000-ml cylinder and a cup measure and ask students to determine how many cups it takes to fill the cylinder.
D) Provide three containers with different shapes, all of which hold the same volume, and ask students which holds the most.
E) All of the above
F) None of the above