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Big Kid Science

Measuring Shadows Using an Ancient Method

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How did ancient peoples determine the height of really tall objects? Young scientists and mathematicians explore the concept of using shadows to measure height in a hands-on experiment. Paired pupils measure shadows, then calculate the...
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Noyce Foundation

Measuring Up

For Students K - 12th Standards
Teach the basics of measurement and conversion with a five-lesson resource that builds an understanding of proportion and measurement conversion from elementary through high school. Initially, young scholars use ratios to determine soup...
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Kuta Software

Angles and Their Measures

For Students 6th - 10th
Get out those protractors! From any angle, this learning exercise will give your mathematicians some good practice. First, they find the measurement of eight angles. Next, they draw eight angles given the measurement. 
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02 x 02 Worksheets

Measuring Length

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Your young forensic scientists add to and strengthen their measurement and conversion skills with these seven well-scaffold worksheets. Metric conversions, measuring length, area, and volume, reading thermometers, graduated cylinders,...
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Mathed Up!

Compound Measures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Compounding is dividing units. Pupils practice using compound measures such as units for speed and density to solve problems that range from straightforward speed problems to those requiring conversions. The last few items challenge...
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Willow Tree

Measurement

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Build a basic understanding of units of measure and create a great foundation for your learners. The lesson gives a complete overview of everything measurement, from types of measurement to rounding to conversions — it has it all! 
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T. Smith Publishing

Common Measures

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Try introducing this assigment on converting measurement by presenting a scenario: "Last night I found a recipe for cookies, and it called for a half pint of butter. All I had was measuring cups - what should I do?" As learners discuss...
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Willow Tree

Angle Measurement

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
What do you create when you rotate a ray? An angle! Teach all the angle basics including naming, measuring, supplements, and complements. 
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EngageNY

Measuring Variability for Skewed Distributions (Interquartile Range)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Should the standard deviation be used for all distributions? Pupils know that the median is a better description of the center for skewed distributions; therefore, they will need a variability measure about the median for those...
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Curated OER

Metric System Basics

For Students 4th - 12th
Do your learners know that there are different systems to measure length, volume, and weight? Explain metric measuring and its base ten decimal system using this comprehensive set of worksheets! For all three types of measurement,...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Measuring Variability for Symmetrical Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How do we measure the deviation of data points from the mean? An enriching activity walks your class through the steps to calculate the standard deviation. Guiding questions connect the steps to the context, so the process is not about...
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Noyce Foundation

Measuring Mammals

For Students K - 12th Standards
Explore the meaning of scale and proportion with a set of five activities that examines the topic from elementary through high school. The first lessons explore ratio by examining pictures of different sizes. The next three activities...
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Education Development Center

Interpreting Statistical Measures—Class Scores

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the effect of outliers through an analysis of mean, median, and standard deviation. Your classes examine and compare these measures for two groups. They must make sense of a group that has a higher mean but lower median compared...
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Georgia Department of Education

Math Class

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young analysts use real (provided) data from a class's test scores to practice using statistical tools. Not only do learners calculate measures of center and spread (including mean, median, deviation, and IQ range), but also use this...
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Balanced Assessment

Gligs and Crocs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore relationships between perimeter and area. Learners compare the measurement units of gligs and crocs. They use a given perimeter and area as well as specific measurement relationships to determine the scale of gligs to crocs.
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Yummy Math

Raspberry Chocolate Heart Cake

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Have you ever finished a piece of cake and wished you had more? Solve this common dilemma with math! A straightforward worksheet prompts middle schoolers to use the given dimensions of a heart-shaped cake when planning to bake two larger...
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Virginia Department of Education

Geometry and Volume

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
The history of math is fascinating! Utilize a woodcut primary source image from 1492 and posters from the 1930s to help geometers apply their volume-calculation skills to real-life questions. 
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Curated OER

Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 8th - 9th
In this measures of central tendency worksheet, students solve and complete 6 different problems. First, they count the number of items in each set of data. Then, students determine the mean, median and mode for each. In addition, they...
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Curated OER

Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 6th - 9th
In this measures of central tendency instructional activity, learners find the mean, median, and mode of 9 problems given different data sets. Students then solve 2 word problems.
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Mathed Up!

Bearings

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Keep the math straight and true. Using information learned about angle relationships, pupils determine drawn bearings, or draw a line with a given bearing. The accompanying video provides the definition of a bearing and its three...
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Curated OER

M&M Science and Math

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A series of math and science activities feature M&M's® as manipulatives to help kids work through equations. The resource includes exercises on finding averages, percent of compositions, moles in chemical reactions, genotypes and...
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Curated OER

Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders determine the measures of central tendency for a given data set.  The one page worksheet contains four problems.  Answers are provided. 
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Curated OER

Measuring Lengths- Consider Which Unit of Measure to Use

For Students 7th - 10th
In this measuring lengths worksheet, students examine the appropriate unit of measure to use for a variety of items, and look at which errors are commonly made. They consider the use of millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

What Is a Radian?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here's an algebra II activity that strives to make the concept of a radian less abstract and more conceptual. It takes a hands-on approach to exploring the idea of a radian and allows individuals to develop a definition of a radian...

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