Help learners discover methods to estimate animal population. They will participate in a simulation of catching and tagging fish in order to estimate the fish population. They scoop and count goldfish crackers, record data, and use...

Select items to purchase from a store, add up the total cost, then estimate the total cost! Kids count out the money needed to make the purchase and pay for the items. An excelent way to connect real life math and estimation!

Students identify geometric shapes, demonstrate construction of an object graph, compare sets of objects, estimate which student has the most geometric shapes in his or her bag, and play computer game Jump Start Kindergarten.

Students explore estimation and count by tens with Goldfish crackers.

Students visit a website that features online interactive geology and biology simulations. They observe and estimate the amplitude of the largest wave and transfer the information to a nomogram. Based on the nomogram students will...

Students examine a cookie that represents pumice and lava in order to realize that lava is a composite of many rock particles. They compare and contrast pumice to the cookie by estimating, weighing, measuring and dissecting the cookie...

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.

Learners collect, organize by table, and examine census data in a simulation, estimate the size of the population in the simulation and make predictions based on the collection of census simulation data.

Students explore geometry by using computer applications. In this spatial measurement activity, students discuss the difference between area, weight, volume and other forms of measurement. Students utilize computer applications to find...

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.

Pupils pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.

Students purchase items in their classroom store. For this money lesson students create a classroom store. The students have a given amount of money and have to decide if they have enough to purchase the items that they would like to.

Students are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.

Students simulate stars in the Milky Way Galaxy using newspaper prints. In this space science lesson, students compare the number of 'stars' on their page to familiar things. They calculate how many pages they need to have the same...

Students work with monetary exchange rates and the metric system as they simulate working to help tourists travel through Canada to Alaska.