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Louisville's Best Field Day Park
Students create a survey to hand out to determine the best field day park. Using their local area, they select five parks, if possible, that meet the criteria and calculate the distance and estimated time travel. They use this...
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Small Angle Calculations
Learners work with circles, angles and estimating angles in the night sky. In this circles and angles lesson, students practice measuring a degree using the circumference of a circle and apply the degree to determine a way to use their...
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Shadow Casting
Eighth graders use a meter stick that is placed on a horizontal surface and an object is moved along it so that the shadow length can be measured at different distances from the light source. They solve real-world problems involving...
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Scaling Up Art
Students measure a sculpture of a human and measure other students. They determine the average size of humans and create a life size image of the sculpture. They work with percentages as they create the images.
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Water Wonders
Students measure the amount of surface tension using a balance scale after a classroom demonstration students diagram the appearance of several liquids and label them.
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Least Squares Fit Line
Practice makes perfect! Learners estimate the least squares fit line for a set of data. They understand error involved in least squares fit lines, and solve application problems using least square fit lines.
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Cylinder Volume Lesson Plan
Tenth graders define the formula for cylinders and use it to solve real world problems. In this geometry lesson plan, pupils differentiate between area, perimeters, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, and volume of prisms, cylinders and spheres. They...
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Volume Calculation Exercise
Middle schoolers work with scientific notation and rounding as they determine volume. In this volume lesson plan, pupils attempt to calculate the volume of the planet Jupiter. They use rounding to two significant digits and scientific...
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Around the Town
In the world of GPS, make sure your kids can still read maps and determine distances between locations. You will need neighborhood street maps, ideally of your class' home turf. Ask kids questions about different locations in relation to...
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Length of a Curve
In this curved lines worksheet, students measure the length and answer questions about curved lines. Students complete 6 short answer questions.
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Liters
In this liquid measurement worksheet, 2nd graders find containers in their home and fill in a chart with the estimate and actual measurement that each one holds in liters. They choose whether a glue jar holds liters or milliliters, and...
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Weight - Ounces and Pounds
In this measurement worksheet, 3rd graders estimate how much each of 9 objects weighs in ounces and pounds. They circle the answer that gives the best estimate of the weight of objects which include a key, an elephant, a chair, and a...
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Hands On: Centimeters and Millimeters
In this centimeter/millimeter instructional activity, students estimate the length of pictures of tropical fish, then measure each to the nearest centimeter and use the measurements to solve 2 problems, then solve 2 additional problems.
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All Angles (A)
In this measuring angles review learning exercise, students use their math skills to solve 6 problems that require them to estimate and measure each of the 6 angles.
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Estimate and Measure Angles
In this angle learning exercise, students estimate a set of angles within 15 degrees, then measure each angle and name it. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Estimate, Name and Measure Angles
In this angles worksheet, students first estimate then measure and name a set of 3 given angles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Length and Weight
In this measurements activity, students complete the 9 sets of length and weight measurement activities to help them learn measurements.
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Estimating, Measuring and Naming Angles
In this angle worksheet, students first estimate, then measure within 15 degrees and name a set of 3 angles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Length and Weight
For this measurements activity, students study the illustrated pictures in the 8 sets of problems. Students compare the pictures by length or weight.
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Tile My Bathroom Floor
Seventh graders create a bathroom floor plan using measurement math. In this measurement lesson, 7th graders use measurement, proportionality, estimation, and area to design a floor plan. Students design floor tiles using centimeter...
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Explore Customary Units of Length - Practice 12.1
Give pupils a ruler and this worksheet so that they can practice measuring down to the quarter inch! Drawings of six various objects are depicted for them to apply their measurement skills to. The assignment concludes with one...
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Mini-Metric Olympics
Students participate in a Mini-Olympics with measurements. In this measurement lesson, students throw items and predict how far they will go. They measure the actual distance and find the difference between that and their estimate.
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How Big is it?
Students review the units of the metric system, convert from the US system of units of measure to the metric system, and estimate measures before converting between the two systems of measurement.
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Around We Go!
Students make accurate measurements and calculations of measuring the area an perimeter of a section of the floor accordingly. They use appropriate measurement and calculation strategies to write a complete a clear explanation for how...