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\nA Walk in the Park\n

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\nUsing a word problem, learners practice estimation techniques. After leading the class through a solution to this problem, a teacher could have the class complete other estimation activities using this one as a model.\n
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\nEstimation\n

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\nFourth graders view a variety of rice products and calculate their cost.  In this rice math lesson, 4th graders estimate cost and multiply to find 8 of each item. Students estimate using different amounts of rice products. Students...\n
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\nSky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building\n

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\nHow tall is the Empire State Building? Lead your class through a collaborative estimation activity to determine the number of quarters it would take to reach the top and teach the following concepts: human capital, human resources,...\n
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\nWater: From Neglect to Respect\n

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\nThe goal of this collection of lessons is to make middle schoolers more aware of the ways in which they are dependent upon water to maintain their standard of living. Learners compare water use in Lesotho to water use in the United...\n
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\nSurveys and Estimating Large Quantities\n

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\nLooking for an estimation activity a bit more involved than the typical \"guess the number of jellybeans in the jar\" game? Here, learners use a picture to estimate the number of people at a large event, look for potential problems with...\n
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\nSizing Up Species: Measurement Activities\n

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\nMeasurement devices can be used to determine the height, length, or weight of all kinds of things, even plants and animals. This presentation acts as the basis for two estimation activities. Each activity requires the children to...\n
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\nThe Price is Right\n

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\nGo on a shopping trip to practice estimation, price value, and shopping skills. The class heads off to the market to purchase several items for the activity. While they are there, they discuss the cost of various foods and even...\n
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\nEstimating With Fire\n

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\nWatch the damage from a forest fire in this interactive simulation activity that challenges learners to estimate the burn area using different approaches. Learners are given a worksheet to track the different burn patterns and practice...\n
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\nEstimating\n

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\nA good estimator usually has a good number sense. Make good estimators out of your class with this fun estimation activity. They review words that express estimation, estimate the number of three different sets, and then estimate the...\n
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\nAngles - Digger and the Gang\n

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\nStudents explore angle estimation and measurement. In this angle lesson, students define obtuse, acute, and right angles, and practice measuring angles using a protractor. Students participate in an online angle estimation activity.\n
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\nOne Hundred Things\n

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\nLearners practice estimating by handling items in groups of ten. They visualize how much space 100 items, such as pennies, peas, or beans, will take up after holding 10 of them. Learners measure the difference in volume between 10...\n
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\nEstimation\n

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\nThird graders practice using money. For this estimation lesson, 3rd graders show their ability to figure out the cost of lunch. Students then set up a \"store\" and students choose the products and estmate the cost. Students visit...\n
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\nFinding Your Stride Length\n

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\nStudents participate in an estimation activity to determine the length of a hallway or to estimate how many people can fit in the school stadium or gym.\n
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\nEstimation\n

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\nThird graders gain an understanding of estimation as an educated guess. They explore measuring and how looking at various object size and shape can help form ones guess towards estimation. They use dinosaurs for an estimation activity.\n
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\nCupids Estimation\n

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\nLearners use candied hearts to estimate how many will fill the heart on the Valentine's Day themed page. They then do a final count after they have finished the estimation activities.\n
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\nEasy Estimating\n

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\nIn this estimation worksheet, students use a small snack food to complete 9 estimation activities. They describe the item they are estimating, make a first estimate, use more information, make a second estimate, acquire more information...\n
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\nThere Was An Old Lady...\n

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\nYoung scholars participate in various activities using the story There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. In this reading fluency instructional activity, students read the story and then practice comprehension, fluency, and writing. ...\n
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\nPounds and Ounces: It's All About Weight\n

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\nFirst graders explore number sense by participating in a measurement estimation activity. In this weight lesson, 1st graders discuss the differences between measurement units, both English and Metric. Students examine a loaf of bread to...\n
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\nEstimating Sums and Differences\n

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\nIn this math worksheet, students learn to estimate sums and differences by completing step by step exercises. There is one word problem which is the example, and then students can choose from other estimation activities to do with a...\n
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\nCounting Blood Cells\n

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\nYoung scholars observe number sense by participating in an estimation activity. In this blood cells lesson, students identify the importance of blood cells in the human body and discuss how tiny they are. Young scholars utilize paper...\n
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\nEstimating Prices\n

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\nStudents practice making reasonable estimates. In this consumer math, students round purchase prices of items to estimate the total cost. Students practice using metal computations to arrive at estimates.\n
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\nHow Many Lemons Does It Take?\n

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\nStudents discuss and explore different methods that can be used to estimate from the video. They practice estimation skills by recreating a sample problem from the video. Web sites containing other estimation activities are included\n
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\nEstimation Lesson Plan\n

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\nStudents use four different computer estimation applets with several classroom estimation activities.\n
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\nHow High?\n

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\nFourth graders play an estimation game to guess how sheets of paper are in a pile and then guess who high a stack of one million would be. They work in small groups to explore ideas for working out how high the stack would be.\n
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