Students count, sort, and classify jellybeans by color. They use their data to create a bar graph. Students are given a small bag of jellybeans, and a worksheet on Counting Candies Tally Chart. They work in small groups. Students are...

With the assistance of their Ti-84/Ti-83 Plus calculators, learners develop a foundation for the limiting process as well as estimate limits from graphs and tables of values. They view how a function behaves as the input approaches a...

Middle schoolers explore angle measure as they estimate angle measure and measure and draw angles of less than 360 degrees. The activity emphasizes the use of estimation when measuring angles.

In this measurement learning exercise, students write 4 questions that can be answered by making measurements. Students also use estimate the measurement for 4 given objects.

In this customary units of length learning exercise, students draw five lines with different lengths, measure five lines to the nearest half inch and estimate the length of five widths.

For this math worksheet, students solve eleven math problems from a variety of topics. For example, students estimate the product of a multiplication problem.

In this math instructional activity, students write down an estimated price of five grocery store items. Then, students find the actual price and calculate the difference.

For this estimation worksheet, learners estimate and measure ten landmarks from the fountain in inches. Students also answer two word problems involving coordinates.

Sixth graders estimate angle measures and angle theroms. In this online interactive geometry activity, 6th graders review types of angles, investigate angle theroms, and explore nonadjacent angles.

In this units of measurement worksheet, students estimate and then measure each of the 3 pictures to the nearest inch. Students then use the measurements to solve 3 story problems.

In this high resolution satellite photograph activity, students observe a photograph taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Tennessee Court House. Students use the photograph to solve 4 problems about the scale of the image,...

In this round astronomical bodies worksheet, students use 6 photographs of various solar system bodies to answer 5 questions related to the roundness of these bodies. They create a number to represent the roundness of an object and they...

In this statistical process control learning exercise, students solve and complete 15 various types of problems. First, they estimate the standard deviation of the given process. Then, students use the target value as a center line and...

In this measuring lengths worksheet, students determine which units to use when measuring lengths, estimating lengths, and the errors made when measuring, Students estimate the lengths of each of the lines illustrate to the nearest unit....

In this using a graphic organizer to record measurements learning exercise, students fill in the columns with the names of the objects, what was used to measure, measurement estimates, and actual measurements. Students record answers in...

Learners measure prisms and determine their volume. In this measurement and reasoning lesson, students estimate the volume and area of prisms. They measure given boxes. Learners use paper to create prisms and cylinders. They determine...

High schoolers read media and identify examples of science technology and society. In this physics lesson, students learn about acceleration and velocity. High schoolers estimate how many people would have come in contact with a...

Students experiment with the cohesion of water molecules. In this surface tension instructional activity, students estimate how many drops of water a full glass can take before overflowing. They watch a video that explains water molecules.

Sixth graders explore standard and nonstandard measurement. For this measurement lesson, 6th graders estimate the lengths of different objects and write about their observations during measuring. Students work in groups to...

Students discover how to measure the circumference of objects. In this measurement lesson, students use a pumpkin and a tape measure to estimate and find the circumference of the pumpkin.

In this estimating area activity, students work with their families to draw four small objects found around their house and estimate the area of each object. 

Students explore consumer math by participating in estimate exercises. For this currency lesson, students identify and define each piece of U.S. currency and their value to the monetary system. Students complete several money worksheets...

Young scholars make estimates on how many people they believe live on Earth. While watching a video, they take notes on the issues facing Kenya, Japan and India. In groups, they calculate how long it takes for a country to double in...

Students examine and compare traits of humans and crocodiles.  In this crocodile lesson plan students use a ratio to estimate the height of a person and compare that to a crocodile.