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Further Rounding

For Students 5th - 6th
For this rounding off worksheet, students determine if 8 statements could be rounded off to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand or million. Students draw and complete a table of 5 numbers, rounding the...
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Estimating

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math estimating to the nearest thousand worksheet, learners use their math skills to round 10 numbers to the nearest thousand.
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Estimating

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math estimating to the nearest thousand worksheet, students use their math skills to round 10 numbers to the nearest hundred.
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Importance of Estimation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the ability to estimate based on viewing photographs of objects.  In this number sense lesson, students view photographs of numerous objects in which they must train their eyes to create an educated guess of how...
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Estimation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students estimate time and amounts when counting is not realistic or feasible. In this estimation lesson, students estimate time or amounts. This lesson includes two video clips on estimation and a worksheet for independent practice.
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Sizing Up Spout

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils estimate heights and lengths of objects. In this measurement lesson, students estimate the length and height of various objects using non-traditional tools of measurement. This lesson also includes a video clip on measurement.
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Quiz: 15 Estimating Fractions Sums and Differences

For Students 5th - 6th
In this estimating fraction sums and differences worksheet, students complete a total of 15 problems. Answers are included on page 2. Labeled as quiz but suitable for practice.
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Estimation Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use a balance scale with beans or seeds to estimate how many of them would weigh as much as a teddy bear counter. In this estimation lesson plan, students hold items to estimate.
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The Statistics Sampler

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students define sample, describe a random sample, and discuss what compromises a sample. They determine a sample size to estimate a population characteristic with confidence.
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The Right Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compute and estimate using mental mathematics, paper-and-pencil methods, calculators, and computers. They measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments and methods. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this...
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Building Budgets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They estimate budget allocations for such a proposal while practicing the calculation of percentages.
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M & M Math

For Teachers K - 1st
Students sort M & Ms by a given attribute, and estimate how many M & Ms are in two bags. They graph their M & Ms and conclude which color they have the most and least of, then students combine sets of M & Ms together and...
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Rounding

For Teachers 1st
First graders round to estimate greater sums. After a lecture/demo, 1st graders complete a web lesson plan on estimation. They practice rounding to the nearest hundred using a restaurant take-out menu.
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The Giving Tree-Apple Activities

For Teachers All
Students complete a variety of activities about apples. They read The Giving Tree and discuss the moral of the story. They create paintings with apples and have apples as a snack. They make an apple cookbook and estimate the number of...
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Capacity and Volume

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders estimate capacities, compare pints and quarts, and identify pints and quarts.
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Classification of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a cloud slide show presentation and identify types of clouds. They estimate height based on cloud's appearance. They discuss the vague nature of cloud nomenclature and compare it to the English standard measurement...
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How Big Is a Piece of PI?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the ratio of circumference to diameter in order to estimate a value for pi.
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Elevation at its Peak

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students pretend they are hiking up a mountain. They practice making calculations on angles and elevation. They use topographic maps to estimate distances and trigonometric ratio methods.
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Still Waters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a still to turn seawater into drinking water. They estimate the cost of distilling it. They investigate ways to make the conversion more efficient. They track the source of their home drinking water and make a map of...
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Introducing Temperature Measurement

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore temperature and use Celcius thermometers to measure and graph the temperature in the classroom daily. They estimate what they think the temperature might be and then find the actual temperature in the room.
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Classification of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view progressive slides of cloud formations and identify which type of cloud is shown as it forms. They estimate the cloud's height while viewing each image.
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Watershed Investigations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the components of a watershed and the factors that affect it. They read a topographical map and use geometry to determine the area of a watershed. Students estimate the volume of a body of water and perform runoff...
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Sand in Bottles

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders calculate the speed of bottles as they roll down a ramp with varying amounts of sand inside. Using their data, 8th graders estimate speed of three labeled bottles with different amounts of sand and compare those results...
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Groundwater Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the volume of groundwater using math problems. They compute mathematical problems to figure the volume of groundwater and calculate the average porosity in an aquifer. Students estimate the amount of water needed to...

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