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Curated OER

Mind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Elementary and middle schoolers identify different units of liquid measurement. They use the online Visual Thesaurus to learn about the relationships between units of liquid measurement.
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Curated OER

All About Measuring with the Metric System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover the metric system through video clips and Internet activities. In this measurements lesson, students practice using the units of measure for the metric system and compare them to the less popular English system....
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Curated OER

Can You Walk a Mile With My Foot?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the measurement of a foot as a customary unit. They take part in a series of activities to help them acquire skills of using a foot to compare other units of measurement....
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Curated OER

Surface Area with Polydrons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore measurements by analyzing geometric shapes. In this surface area lesson, students identify the terms volume, weight, perimeter and area in order to find the requested measurements of specific polygons. Students utilize...
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Curated OER

A CEENic Galaxy Quest!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners research the distances between objects in the Milky Way. In this astronomy lesson, students calculate the time it would take for a robot to travel from Milky Way object to another. They create a travel package for customers...