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How Hot Is It?
Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Angle Benchmarks
Sixth graders discuss the characteristics of specific angles and then use the information to to identify and estimate given angles. The class goes outside, identifies north, and turns a specified amount of degrees. Using a given compass,...
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Estimation and Pattern Discovery
Students collect sunflower heads from their community garden. They estimate its seed count using different strategies. They graph their estimations on a graph and use calculators to find the actual total.
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Piggy Pockets
Second graders determine when estimates and exact totals are appropriate in dealing with money. They simulate keeping a checking account over a period of time and keep a checkbook ledger to record deposits and expenses.
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Inches and Feet
In this inches and feet worksheet, students, with a partner, estimate and measure the answers to five word problems dealing with inches and feet.
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Pea Brain! Explorations in Estimation
Young scholars estimate how many peas fit in a container. In this science lesson, students calculate the weight of a pea and record it. They use this data to calculate how many peas fit in a human brain.
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Riemann Sums
In this calculus activity, students solve prolbem in which they estimate double integrals by using Riemann sums. The three page activity contains four questions. Answers are not included.
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Charting Attendance Rate of Busch Gardens
Sixth graders, in groups, are given different parts of the whole project. They use information from Busch Gardens to explore line graphs, averages, and other math vocabulary.
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See the State
Fourth graders are given a map of Indiana and have to plan a road trip including at least two major points of interest with 100% accuracy. The students estimate the distance between their two chosen locations with 100% accuracy.
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Parallax
Students discover how astronomers used the diameter of the Earth's orbit around the Sun as a baseline for estimating the distance of some stars, and the meaning of "Parsec" and "light year."
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Students research and chart the shortest course to circumnavigate the globe.
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Angle Measurement of Aircraft Wings and Tails
Young scholars measure the angles of wings and tails of various aircraft using a protractor. They estimate and check their measurements. They investigate aircraft being developed and tested at NASA Dryden.
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Easy Estimation
Students use estimation as a math strategy. Students estimate the number of small snacks that are presented to them. Students count the snack items after they have estimated how many there are, before the class snack on a daily basis.
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Descriptive Writing
Students practice descriptive writing. In this unique writing activity, students hear a story about a mitten. Then three grade levels come together to first, create a mitten on KidPix; second, describe the designed mitten; and third, try...
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Simply Similar at Sea: Simple Triangles
Tenth graders answer a variety of problems based on similar triangle and learn about the rule of thumb. They will test the rule of thumb by estimating the distance to an object in the classroom.
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Black Bayou Lake Measures Up
Students, in groups, estimate measurments and then select the tools needed and measure various items at Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Marshmallows
Third graders estimate the volume and mass of one marshmallow using appropriate standard units. They design and carry out an investigation to find the average of volume/mass of one marshmallow.
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Pythagorean Theorem Investigation
Eighth graders investigate the Pythagorean Theorem and practice applying the theorem to various triangles. Finally, in the next lesson in the sequence, 8th graders create a song or a story to help them remember the Pythagorean Theorem.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Tourist and Traveler Information
Students work with monetary exchange rates and the metric system as they simulate working to help tourists travel through Canada to Alaska.
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Personal Budgeting Project
Students create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family budget.
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Estimation: Word Problems
In this math activity, learners estimate the answers to 6 addition problems. Students then examine a table showing the items in a local library and answer 10 estimating questions about the table.
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Angle Attributes and Measures
Seventh graders explore the concept of angles. In this angles lesson, 7th graders use protractors to measure angles. Students sing an angle song. Students discuss attributes of angles using a two-color plate manipulative.
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Name That Phrase
Students identify the American language, how it has changed and effected culture, and become familiar with idioms. In this American language lesson, students study the eight parts of speech, identify literal and figurative speech, study...
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Native North American Dog Breeds
In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on native North American dog breeds. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.