Proportions are an important part of the Common Core that are used in this video to make estimates about a population. The lesson relates sample t-shirt sizes to total t-shirt sizes and organizes the data in a proportion. The problem is...

Everyone loves popcorn! Use this treat to teach math concepts including place value, estimating, graphing, and volume. Eight possible activities are included, and they can be modified to fit all grade levels. 

Pairs of youngsters help each other practice estimating by playing a game of tic-tac-toe. Game sheets have level-appropriate math sentences in each box. (You need to create them: good news is they can be customized for your learners!)...

Kids can estimate weight, length, and height. Here, they circle the measurement that best describes the length, height, or weight of 10 different objects. 

A 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...

Through a series of worksheets, mathematicians practice with various concepts of measurement. Conveniently, the 6 pages are easily broken up for individual assignments, and seem to progress in difficulty. Math concepts include drawing...

Students use their feet to measure distance between themselves and a tree trunk.  In this distance lesson, students use the number of steps, and string to measure distances and height of the tree.  Students can get the tree height when...

Estimate how many 10s are in a large group of objects after determining  the size of a single set of 10. Pupils circle one group of 10 pieces of fruit and then estimate how many all together in the picture. One test prep question...

Understanding the size of a single group of 10 objects can help estimate how many in a larger group. Children count and circle a group of 10 pictured marbles to estimate how many in all. Five problems to solve. 

Bring math home with this interative estimating worksheet! Scholars make educated guesses about the number of six household items: crayons in a crayon box, keys on a key ring, coins in a piggy bank, trees in the yard, pictures on the...

Youngsters discover ways to estimate. They will use two jars with large and small items and estimate the number of items. Then record their estimate and explain why they answered the way they did. They try this experiment with different...

Learners predict how many steps they think it will take them to get from the front of the room to the back. They record predictions on paper and then into database and then actually test by walking foot to foot to their destination...

What a creative way to delve into adding large numbers! After listening to a story called The King's Chessboard, learners estimate how much money they would have each day following instructions based on doubling and exponentially...

There is more than one way to measure an amount, as learners discover by applying multiple measurement tools in these activities. Centimeter cubes, cylinders, beakers, and measuring cups are used to find the volume of regular and...

How can we estimate the answers when working with decimals? That's what the question is as the class reviews two-digit decimal addition. Have them estimate by rounding to a whole number either before or after they have completed their...

In this estimating practice worksheet, students sharpen their math skills as they learn how to make likely estimates and try the 2 extra practice activities.

Groups of learners rotate through five classroom stations to estimate, measure, and record volume, length, weight, mass, and area using both customary and metric measure. They evaluate their data to determine how close their estimates...

Upper graders experiment with measurement. They estimate the length, volume, and weight of various objects, then rotate through stations making predictions concerning measurements and then testing their predictions.

Learners investigate concepts relating the use of the metric system of measurement. They practice the skill of estimating units and especially which ones to use in certain problems for the most reasonable answer. The lesson includes...

Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular lesson revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such as estimating...

Students observe number sense by participating in an estimation activity. For this blood cells lesson, students identify the importance of blood cells in the human body and discuss how tiny they are. Students utilize paper dots as a...

First graders explore number sense by utilizing cooking equipment in a counting activity. In this estimating lesson, 1st graders collaborate in small groups and view a tutorial about counting quickly while looking at a group of objects....

Students participate in a metric measurement game. In this metric system lesson, students evaluate metric measurements using various objects in their environment.

First graders measure teddy bears using nonstandard units and draft a story. In this measurement lesson, 1st graders explore estimation and measurement of teddy bears. Students create a cave for their bear, take measurements, and write a...