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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Spring Scale Engineering

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
After examining how a spring scale works, teams work together to design their own general measurement device. Reading material provides background information, but there is no part of the procedure in which learners handle an actual...
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Come Tool Along With Me

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars create metallic Bas-relief scultures using basic art supplies and the technique of "tooling" in this Art instructional activity with croos-curricular connections in Social Studies and Math. A scoring rubric is included for...
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Human Body Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read "The Magic School Bus in the Human Body" and discuss the importance of maintaining a healthy body. They create a hinge and joint paper skeleton, follow the journey of a hamburger through the digestive tract, jump rope and...
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Cinnamon Ornaments

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students create keepsake cinnamon ornaments to hang on the family Christmas tree or in a window. They mix ingredients to form dough, create an ornament and write a message to accompany the ornament.
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Teach Engineering

Flow Rates of Faucets and Rivers

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Go with the flow and use a helpful resource. A set of two activities has learners investigate flow rates. They first determine the flow rate of a faucet by measuring how long it takes to fill a bucket. Using the results, they make a...
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Baylor College

How Much Water Do Humans Need?

For Teachers K - 5th
Physical or life science learners measure the amounts of water eliminated by intestines and the urinary system, and the amounts lost via respiration and perspiration. In doing so, they discover that the body's water must be replenished...
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Using Multiplication to Solve Word Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore math functions by solving word problems in class. In this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Learners identify the multiplication values within...
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Technology Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students measure various objects using non-standard units. The goal is for them to practice measuring in order to apply the physical act to various objects found in the classroom. The lesson is ideal for the kinesthetic learners and...
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Angle Action

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars measure and label specified angles. In this angles lesson, students use a protractor to find angles that are acute, obtuse, and reflexive. Young scholars then label each angle and match the angles the correct definition....
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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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Area Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students manipulate a variety of materials and computer applets in order to explore area and the units used to measure it.
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Metric Conversion (From Metric to Standard)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students convert metric measurements to standard and back. Students convert inches to cm and mm using an information chart to help.
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Jog & Jump Partner Activity (with Digi-Walker Pedometers)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Student, work in pairs, to measure their jumping and jogging on a pedometer. They add the jumping and jogging scores together to get a team score.
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Make Me Metric

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover the need for standard units of measurement. They be engaged in estimation, problem solving, and use of measurement tools to begin an understanding of the metric system.
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Geometry of Exploration: Eyes Over Mars

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research how engineers and scientists generate linear and angular measurements with geometry to survey the Earth and Mars. They assess how geometric shapes affect navigation. A surveyor comes to the classroom and explains how he...
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Leaping Lemurs! How far can you jump?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students watch a segment of the PBS video which show the lemurs' ability to jump. In pairs, students collect measurement data involving each other's length of a standard step, a standing broad jump, and a long jump. They record their...
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Russian Dolls Investigation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students measure a set of Russian dolls using the metric system. For this measurement lesson plan, students identify certain relationships between sets of measurements by measuring a set of Russian dolls and presenting their findings to...
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Pumpkin Properties are a Smash!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students receive a miniature pumpkin and proceed through several stations to measure a variety of physical properties. The data is entered into a data sheet and the mass and volume measurements are used to calculate density. They also...
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Curated OER

Don't Flip Out Over the Metric System

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students identify the most appropriate metric prefix to use. They describe the usefulness of a system based on tens. Students compare the metric system to the American system of measurement. They develop a metric flip book to use a...
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Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore area and perimeter. In this math lesson plan, students differentiate between area and perimeter and compute the area and perimeter of an object.
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The Metric System

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Pupils, via the newspaper, practice standard and metric measurement.
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Discovering Pi

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Young scholars investigate the math concept of Pi (specifically, what pi is, the significance and how it is used in the real world). This is a hands on lesson in which the students actively participate with their investigations. The...
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Customary Measurement Conversions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover in hands-on activities the relationships between the measures. They work in groups to create conversion tables using familiar measuring tools. Students solve problems requiring conversions.
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Regular Polygons

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore polygons. In this math lesson, 5th graders find examples of regular polygons in the classroom and measure the sides of figures to determine if they are regular polygons.

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