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How Long? How Wide?
Second graders distinguish between and use nonstandard and standard units of measurement, use appropriate tools and techniques to measure length and width, and record and interpret data using graphs.
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Level 1 Fraction Sets
In this mathematics worksheet, students solve a number of word problems by selecting the correct fraction or number for each. There are 7 different word problems to solve on the sheet.
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Try It Twice
For this rectangles worksheet, 2nd graders draw two different rectangles with a perimeter of 10 units and two with a perimeter of 12 centimeters.
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How Long is a Slinky?
Students take part in a variety of measurement tasks. Students measure the length of a slinky. Students work out how many slices of tomato will fit around the edge of a pizza. Students measure the label from a can accurately.
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Scavenger Hunt
Second graders participate in a Scavenger Hunt to find out how long 1 cm is. They then find 10 objects that estimate to be 1 cm in length and record their findings on the table provided and check their estimates using a ruler.
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How Much Gift Wrap Do I Need?
Students estimate the area of boxes using centimeter cubes. They find the actual area and compare it to the estimates.
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One Centimeter
In this centimeter activity, students read about and view examples of length in centimeters, then draw lines shorter and longer than 1 centimeter. A website reference for additional activities is given.
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The Weight of Things
Students explore weight. For this math lesson, students predict which item weighs more and discuss how they arrived at their decision. Students weigh several items to determine which weighs more.
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Olympics
Pupils rotate through a variety of Olympic activities and record their results. Teams rotate through stations and practice units of measurement.
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Imperial Units
In this imperial units activity, students read the definitions to the following list of imperial units: mile, pint, gallon, foot, inch and pound.
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Go The Distance Car Construction
Learners build and program a car to drive a specific challenge distance.They must at the end of the lesson, have the car that stops the closest to a challenge distance.
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Making It Balance
Learners listen to story, "The 100-Pound Problem," compare their weight with character in story, and weigh different classroom items using nonstandard units and standard units. They experiment with different items that can make scale...
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Let the Rain Come Down!
Second graders construct a bar graph comparing local precipitation to that of the Yucatan. In this graphing lesson, 2nd graders will use conversions and problem solving strategies.
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It's About Time!
Students examine concept of time, and explore difference between analog and digital clocks; students make art project to represent time and create a time-story problem and solution.
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Car Maze competition
Pupils use graphs to calibrate an RCX car. They must then program the car to traverse a maze using their calibrations
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A thousand seconds
Students use seconds, minutes, and hours. They then discuss the size of a thousand. After that they read time in digital or analogue form.