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Worksheet
Curated OER

Precision and Accuracy in Measurement

For Students 7th - 9th
In this Algebra I worksheet, students differentiate between precision and accuracy is measurement.  The four page worksheet contains thirty-five problems.  Answers are not included. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evaluating Accuracy and Adequacy

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Evaluate non-fiction works with your English class. While practicing a variety of strategies detailed in the plan, readers compare and contrast the information in three non-fiction passages about the same topic. They then discuss the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Checking Sources For Accuracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will paraphrase a resource without plagiarizing. Then rewrite after reading text. They then evaluate the site or reference they are using for accuracy. In the end, they complete a note-taking organizer.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Word Parts, Speedy Syllables

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Prefixes, affixes, roots, and word parts are the focus of a lesson designed to boost scholars' speed and accuracy. Peers work collaboratively to time one another while reading word cards. Answers, scores, and times are recorded to track...
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Activity
Cornell University

Building Spectroscope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Given specific materials, scholars follow a set of instructions to build and calibrate their very own spectroscopes. After construction, they test the scope for accuracy and make modifications where necessary.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Word Sprint

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Using a set of high-frequency word flashcards, partners time each other to see how many words they can read in one minute. They place correctly read words in a yes pile and incorrectly in a no pile. Once a minute is up, partners count...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Connected Text, Repeated Timed Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
There are many different ways to build accuracy and fluency when reading. This exercise employs repetition and timed drills to get the job done. Learners time each other as they read a passage, recording each other's time and accuracy.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency, Connected Text, Partner Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan pairs high and low leveled readers together to make partner reading beneficial for both. Learners read a selected text as a team, when the lower leveled reader is stuck, his partner is there to help him out. And by...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Rational and Irrational Numbers

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Back to the basics: learning how to add numbers. The 17th installment of a 35-part module first reviews addition techniques for rational numbers, such as graphical methods (number line) and numerical methods (standard algorithm). It goes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kicking for Accuracy

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice kicking with their instep to improve accuracy. They are to knock down bowling pins while their score is being charted.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Connected Text, Practice and Read

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
A reading activity boosts scholars' level of fluency while reading connected text. Working collaboratively, pairs read a word list three times and a specific text while their partner gauges their accuracy and speed.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Chunked Text, Reading Chunks

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
The activity focuses on reading chunked text. Peers grouped by specific ability levels take turns reading a text with proper intonation, expression, and phrasing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Striking: Accuracy and Power

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students gain an understanding of the concept of accuracy and power as it relates to the length of striking implements used.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Sampling Variability in the Sample Proportion (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Increase your sample and increase your accuracy! Scholars complete an activity that compares sample size to variability in results. Learners realize that the greater the sample size, the smaller the range in the distribution of sample...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Atomic Absorption Determination of Zinc and Copper in a Multivitamin

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Advanced lab apprentices prepare zinc and copper solutions to which they will compare the same minerals from a multivitamin. Using absorption spectroscopy, they analyze the contents of the multivitamin for concentration. This lab can be...
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Interactive
ABCya

Gobble Squabble

For Students K - 5th Standards
A Thanksgiving-themed interactive boosts addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Using the keyboard's arrows, players navigate a turkey through a maze, gobbling up as many berries as possible without getting tagged by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Which Quadrilateral Is It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers prove conjectures about geometric figures on the plane or in space using coordinate geometry. They develop fluency in operations with real numbers, vectors and matrices using mental computation or paper-and-pencil...
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Activity
Teach Engineering

About Accuracy and Approximation

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
How accurate are robots? Groups draw lines by moving robots backwards and forwards by one rotation of the wheels. Using the appropriate formula, they determine the percent error in the length of the lines in relation to the calculated...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Connected Text, Rereading Decodable Text

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using a familiar decodable text, pairs take turns reading sentences. The partner who isn't reading follows along silently, helping if needed. They alternate sentences until the entire book is finished and then reverse to read the other...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Roots 3 cern, jur, leg Advanced Level Synonym or Antonym Word Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
Does your class know the meaning of abjure, perjury, certify, discriminate, illegitimate, and relegate? Find out by assigning this exercise, where learners choose both a synonym and an antonym from a word list to go along with each...
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PPT
Normal Community High School

Scientific Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils learn everything from how to take scientific measurements, to accuracy/precision, to density and a plethora of topics from a presentation on the metric system.
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Lesson Plan
American Physiological Society

Effects of Environment on Enzymes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Much like the tale of Humpty Dumpty, proteins, once altered, will never be the same again. Honors and pre-AP biology classes explore the delicate world of enzymes via a Webquest and lab experiment. The teacher's guide contains all...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Accuracy of Calculations

For Students 7th - 8th
For this accuracy of calculations worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different types of problems. First, they estimate the solution of the calculations shown. Then, students find the maximum and minimum possible values for each...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Accuracy of Measurements

For Students 7th - 8th
In this accuracy of measurements learning exercise, students solve and complete 3 different types of word problems. First, they find the largest area of pitch in the problem described. Then, students write down an inequality to show the...