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Estimation Investigation
Students view an interactive video to explore the concepts of estimation. They work cooperatively to measure, make comparisons, make predictions, and verify results.
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Out of This World
Students are introduced to the solar system and its place in the universe. They begin to grasp the idea of very large numbers by estimating and computing how long it take the class to make a million x's.
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Tip the Scales
Students, in groups, estimate and check the weights of classroom objects using coins as the standard of measure.
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ExplorA-Pond:4th Grade Surface Area
Fourth graders estimate the surface area of a pond using the chance method and the estimation method. They complete a graph and a short report comparing the results of the two methods.
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Guesstimate? NO Estimate!
Students discover the advantage of estimation over simple guessing using number relationships. They also discover how useful a mathematical tool estimation is in everyday life.
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Investigations into Estimations
Students gain the powerful tools of estimation, prediction, and averaging and discover the importance these tools have in daily living.
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Finding Your Stride Length
Students participate in an estimation activity to determine the length of a hallway or to estimate how many people can fit in the school stadium or gym.
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It's Close Enough: Rounding and Estimation
Second graders round to the closest five, ten, and hundred. They use place-value concepts of grouping based upon powers of ten (thousandths, hundredths, tenths, ones, tens, hundreds, thousands) within the decimal number system.
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Sort It Out! Size It Up!
Second graders, in groups, estimate amounts in various jars. They sort each jar from least to greatest amount.
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How Big is a Foot?
First graders practice nonstandard measurement and estimating and measuring lengths of objects.
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Examining Estimation
Second graders participate in various activities which help them explain and explain the difference between an estimate and an exact amount.
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Puzzling Perimeters
Third graders use estimation, fractions and decimals to determine the perimeter of objects in the classroom. They are given a worksheet with a list of the items on it. The worksheet has columns beside each of the items for estimation and...
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Cheerios- Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Second graders measure surface area and perimeter using estimation. They complete a variety of measurement activities using Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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Candy Fractions
Second graders complete math activities with donated seasonal treats. They estimate, count, sort, name and graph bags of treats. They can eat treats when finished.
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All I Want For Christmas
Fourth graders create wish lists from catalogues and sales ads based on a given budget. They add, subtract, estimate, and budget their given amount of money so they don't go over budget.
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Estimation and Measurement
Students use unconventional units of measure to estimate and measure.
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Lincoln Index
Students use a similar method to the Lincoln Index to estimate a population size.
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Measuring Weight
Young scholars use tables showing the ratios between ounces and pounds, grams and kilograms, and pounds and kilograms. They estimate whether an object should be weighed in ounces or pounds and whether an object should be weighed in grams...
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How Many Pennies?
Students estimate the number of pennies it takes to fill outlines of various basic shapes.
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Kool Kumara Lesson Plans
Young scholars explore and observe the plant world and acquire knowledge about the functional parts of plants. In this Kool Kumara lesson, students make observations and record specific data on a recording sheet. Young scholars...
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French Fry Fun
In this estimation learning exercise, students estimate the number and length of french fries they have. There are 5 problems in a chart.
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Using the Newspaper to Teach Division and Time Conversion
Young scholars use classified ads to select a career. In this math lesson plan, students convert the listed salary to an hourly, yearly, weekly and monthly rate. Young scholars explain the process they used to find the various rates.
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Pea Brain! Explorations in Estimation
Students estimate how many peas fit in a container. For this science lesson, students calculate the weight of a pea and record it. They use this data to calculate how many peas fit in a human brain.
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Bean Bugs
Students practice how to estimate the size of a population of organisms. In this estimation lesson, students hypothesize how to estimate a population of organisms. Students learn to use a quadrat system to estimate population.