Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _________________
RAFT
Triple Beam Balance
Today you will be writing about the triple beam balance. You may choose the role you are going to be as the writer
and the format your writing will take. Your audience and topic have been chosen for you.
When you complete your writing, make sure you include the following terms.
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Triple beam balance
mass
grams
riders
measure or measurement
balance
pointer
adjustment knob
pan
beams
Refer to your reading on the Triple Beam Balance as you write!
Role of the writer –
Audience – Who are
Format – What are you Topic – What are you
What is your role?
your writing to?
writing?
writing about?
Triple Beam Balance
Student Scientist
Letter or Text
Student
Student Scientist
Instruction Sheet
Scientist
Student Scientist
An announcement of a
new invention
How and what to
measure with a triple
beam balance.
How and what to
measure with a triple
beam balance.
How and what to
measure with a triple
beam balance.
Step 1: Circle the role you will take on as the write and the format of your writing.
Step 2: Talk about your ideas with a neighbor and write down some notes below. I have listed some questions to
help you.
What type of matter does the triple beam balance measure? Solids? Liquids?
What are you measuring? Mass? Volume?
What unit of measure is used? Grams? milliliters
How do you start or get ready to measure? Where do you place the object?
How do you read the triple beam balance? What rider do you move first? What do the pointers do?
Step 3: Write your draft.
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _________________
RAFT
Graduated Cylinder
Today you will be writing about the graduated cylinder. You may choose the role you are going to be as the writer and
the format your writing will take. Your audience and topic have been chosen for you.
When you complete your writing, make sure you include the following terms.
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graduated cylinder
volume
milliliters (ml)
scale
meniscus
measure or measurement
liquids
eye-level
Refer to your reading on the Graduated Cylinder as you write!
Role of the writer –
Audience – Who are
Format – What are you Topic – What are you
What is your role?
your writing to?
writing?
writing about?
Graduated Cylinder
Student Scientist
Letter or Text
Student
Student Scientist
Instruction Sheet
Scientist
Student Scientist
An announcement of a
new invention
How and what to
measure with a
graduated cylinder.
How and what to
measure with a
graduated cylinder.
How and what to
measure with a
graduated cylinder.
Step 1: Circle the role you will take on as the write and the format of your writing.
Step 2: Talk about your ideas with a neighbor and write down some notes below. I have listed some questions to
help you.
What type of matter does the graduated cylinder measure? Solids? Liquids?
What are you measuring? Mass? Volume?
What unit of measure is used? Grams? milliliters
What is the meniscus?
How do you read the graduated cylinder? What do you have to be careful to do when reading it?
Step 3: Write your draft.