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Optical Illusions
Students investigate optical illusions. In this optical illusions lesson, students explore perception. Students analyze optical illusions and determine common misconceptions.
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The Beat of Your Heart
Students explore different applications involving their own heart. In this illumination lesson students measure their fists and relate it to the dimensions of their hearts.
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Looking Back in Time
Students explore how astronauts might measure distances in space. In this timeline lesson students create a timeline and then demonstrate the concept "distance in space equals distance in time."
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Harnessing Wind
Students examine how engineers utilize the wind. For this wind lesson students examine the different kinds of winds and measure wind direction.
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Specific Gravity-The Relative Density of Liquids
Students explore a hydrometer. In this gravity instructional activity students construct a hydrometer and create a liquid density column.
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Mapping a Temperature Field
Students measure and graph temperatures. In this temperature field lesson plan students use a map to measure and plot field values and construct isolines and interpret the results.
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Sled Kites and Trigonometry
Students study the history of kites and their fundamental properties. In this kites lesson students divide into teams and build and fly kites.
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Proportions
Students study proportions. In this mathematics lesson, students measure their body length, head length, and ratio of their body, write their findings on a group chart, and discuss how a person's head size or arm span are in proportion...
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Wonderful Watermelons
First graders explore watermelons and collect and sort their seeds. In this watermelons lesson plan, 1st graders read the story Down By The Bay and then weigh, measure, collect seeds, sort, and eat their watermelon.
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Metrics and Standard Units
Students compare units of measure. In this metrics and standard units lesson, students estimate and compare standard units of measure with the metric system. They complete internet research on the history of metrics. ...
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Measuring Fun
First graders practice measuring. In this measuring lesson, 1st graders read the story How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller. They measure a partner using standard (ruler) and nonstandard (feet) units.
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Categories
For this categories worksheet, students make categories out of transportation, measuring tools, vowels, and more. Students have 21 things to put into categories.
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Protractors
In this angles instructional activity, students use protractors that are on the sheet to measure the angles asked. Students measure 6 different angles.
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Build a Weather Vane
Young scholars construct a weather vane using their knowledge of some geometric shapes. In this weather lesson, students work in pairs to create a weather vane in order to measure wind direction. Young scholars follow...
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Jelly Bean Math
In this measurement worksheet, students measure various classroom objects with jelly beans. Students measure 3 objects with jelly beans.
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Inches and Centimeters
In this measurement instructional activity, students measure various classroom items in inches and centimeters. Students measure 6 items in inches and centimeters.
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Whirlybirds
Students measure to the nearest centimeter, and predict the frequency of an event. In this statistics lesson, students participate in a simulation of a parachute jump competition by making paper Whirlybirds, and then dropping them...
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Lesson 3.4 Practice A: Theorems and Postulates
In this theorem and postulate worksheet, students identify theorems and postulates that justify given statements. They determine the measure of specified angles. This two-page worksheet contains a total of 37 problems. These two...
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Metric Conversion of Liquid Measures
In this metric conversion worksheet, learners read short statements and convert them to addition and subtraction equations. They convert their answers to a stated metric measure. Students mark models of cylinders to indicate given...
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Liquid Measures
In this liquid measure activity, students convert liquid measure between milliliters, centiliters and liters. This one-page activity contains a table for students to complete requiring approximately 35 conversions.
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Volume
In this volume instructional activity, 8th graders solve and complete 6 different short answer questions and problems that relate to volume. First, they determine the number of cubes found altogether that has a given length, width and...
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Geometry Angles
In this geometry angles learning exercise, 10th graders find and solve 22 problems related to determining the measure of various angles. First, they determine the measure of each angle in the first figure if lines p and q are parallel....
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Angles and Parallel Lines
In this angles and parallel lines worksheet, 10th graders solve 15 different problems related to measuring angles and parallel lines in three different figures. First, they find the measure of each angle in the first figure, numbers...
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Proving Lines Parallel 1
In this proving lines parallel worksheet, 10th graders solve 8 different problems related to proving that lines are parallel in each figure. First, students find the value of x so that line l and line m are parallel. Then, students...