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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dizzy Heights

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore ways to measure the height of an inaccessible object. They measure lengths using a tape measure or ruler. Students measure angles using a protractor and estimate heights.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How tall are you?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars review different units of measurement that would be used to measure height. They compare their height to that of Abraham Lincoln by working with a partner to make a life size tracing of each other and measuring their height.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making The Height

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply estimation techniques to determine how high any one basketball player can jump.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clouds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study how to use the Internet as a static information collection tool, to enhance the literature stories on the weather and study how to use the calculator.
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Activity
PBS

The Math of Bicycles: Wheel Figure This Out (Grades 4 7)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Several good activities here. Look particularly at Wheel Figure It Out (which is the opening page) and Gearing Up. There are answers to the very good questions at the bottom of each.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Measuring Mania

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read about how Max and Ruthie measured some fun objects in their gym. Use this method to measure things in your classroom. A helpful teacher's guide and extra challenges will make this a fun lesson on measuring with nonstandard units.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Cage to Save a Whale

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must estimate the measurements of Spout the Whale in order to find a cage that will fit him.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Is the Maximum Intermediate Height for a Siphon?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever had a fish tank, you have owned an operating siphon. A siphon is a handy device for emptying out a liquid reservoir that has no drain. As a result, they are great for cleaning fish tanks. Liquid in a siphon flows...
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Activity
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Alley Ladders

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a "three star" geometry problem where prior math problem skills and proof experience is recommended to solve this relationship between the inverses of heights.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Growing and Graphing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Building the Tallest Tower

For Students 3rd - 5th
Skyscrapers are impressive structures. What does it take to design a building so tall? Engineers use strong materials and innovative design to push the limits of gravity. In this experiment you will use LEGO components, rubber balls, and...
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Metric System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the metric system by taking a look at the common metric units along with some solved examples and a few practice questions to test your understanding.
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Cone

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about the basic properties of a cone. This lesson targets the formula, volume, parts, and shapes of a cone and has interesting solved examples and practice questions.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Eiffel Tower: Number Patterns

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Join Francis on a trip to Paris! Do you know the height of the Eiffel Tower? Learn about number patterns.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Because You Left Me a Handful of Daffodils

For Students 9th - 10th
In the non-prose piece, the poet reminisces about being elected in fifth grade.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Bubbles: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students collect data to determine what happens to the sizes of bubbles when glycerin is added to dish detergent. They will practice their measuring skills and have fun at the same time.
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Handout
University of North Carolina

A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an extensive list of various units of measurement known internationally and across several disciplines. Unit symbols are also included.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Regression: Wing Span/height

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take measurements of individual's wing span and height and create a coordinate graph. The activity should include at least three different grade levels. Students submit an equation through "Activity Center" and the class...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Move Along Little Vertex

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the area of triangles having the same base and same height.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Area of a Triangle

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This SMART whiteboard activity will help students learn the formula for finding the area of a triangle. Students will practice what they have learned by using examples created for visual and kinesthetic learners.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Pipe Cleaners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pipe cleaners are used to create the perimeter of a rectangle in order to explore base and height.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Sand Babies (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this engaging lesson, students use a variety of measurement strategies in creating their own Sand Babies. Students explore standard and non-standard measurements, area, data collection and analysis, and graphing. Adaptations are...
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Interactive
Other

University of Kansas: Quarked!: How Tall Are You?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Enter your height using inches or meters, and see how tall you are in units, from as tall as the Statue of Liberty and an elephant, down to atoms and quarks. Next, see if you can put the Quarkster characters and yourself in order by height.