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Make Me Metric

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

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students calculate the length of the classroom using non-standard units of measurement and estimation. Using a cracker box, they discuss measuring various objects in the room as a class, and independently estimate and measure the length...
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Tricky Triangle

For Students 9th - 12th
For this triangle worksheet, high schoolers solve 1 word problem about the lengths of a triangle. Students determine the length of the longest side given the ratio of the angle measures.
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Pumpkin Math

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discover how to measure the circumference of objects. In this measurement instructional activity, students use a pumpkin and a tape measure to estimate and find the circumference of the pumpkin.
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Significant Digits

For Students 9th - 12th
In this significant digits worksheet, students are given the rules for determining the number of significant digits in calculations and measurements and they solve 5 problems.
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Box-and-Whisker Plots

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders measure in feet and inches and convert to explore the relationship between the converted measurements. In this measurement activity, 8th graders use the whisker and box plot to represent the measurement of a cat. ...
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Finding Areas of Triangles, Rectangles, and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students find the areas of geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson students find and measure the sides, perimeters, and areas of quadrilaterals, triangles, and circles. Students relate the measures to the others by using formulas.
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Exploring Characteristics of Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students draw triangles and explore the classification of each using the measures of interior angles and lengths of sides. They investigate the sum of the interior angles of various triangles and conjecture and prove the theorem: The...
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Defining the Meter

For Students 5th - 6th
For this length worksheet, students read about the history of a meter. Students also answer 4 comprehension questions about the reading.
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ExplorA-Pond:4th Grade Perimeter Estimation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders visit a real pond. They mark the pond's curvilinear perimeter using string. They measure the string to find the actual perimeter of the pond.
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Triangles 1

For Students 5th - 9th
For this triangles worksheet, learners measure and calculate the measurements of eight triangles, their sums and classify the triangles as acute, obtuse or right.
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The Dawn Mission: Ion Rockets and Spiral Orbits

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this ion rocket and orbits worksheet, students read about the spiral orbit the Dawn spacecraft took due to its ion rocket motor. Students solve 3 problems including finding the path taken by the spacecraft, determining the total path...
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Build a Weather Vane

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure wind direction. In this weather lesson, 3rd graders build a weather vane from a straw, skewer, spool, and flag. Students measure wind direction using their weather vane.
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Review of Trig Ratios

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this trigonometric ratios worksheet, students solve and complete 10 various types of problems. First, they write the degrees listed in radian measure. Then, students find the exact ratios for each equation. They also find the value of...
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Addendum to the Written Curriculum: Measuring Solids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use standard rulers to measure the length of common classroom items - such as pencils, books, desk tops - in inches and centimeters, and measure weight in pounds. They also answer math questions, such as "How long is the front...
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Body Part Measurements

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a review of how to use rulers and yard sticks while collecting measurement information. They measure assigned body parts and chart the data on collection sheets. They make a spreadsheet with the information...
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Math: Finding Surface Area

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in hands-on activities to determine the surface areas of various objects. Using boxes, they cut them so they can lay flat and measure all the various shapes, which can be calculated and added together to equal the...
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Dinosaur Train: Even Bigger Than T. Rex!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students understand the length of some of the longest dinosaurs. In this dinosaur train lesson plan, students watch a video clip of "I'm a T. Rex!". Then the teacher marks off how big a T. Rex and other dinosaurs are with tape and...
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Investigating the Shapes of Covalent Molecules and Measuring their Respective Bond Lengths and Bond Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers will draw Lewis structures of common covalent compounds using a Chem 3D computer program. They will predict the shapes of the molecules, complete a data table, and formulate rules for predicting shapes of molecules. In the...
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Area of Rectangles

For Students 7th - 8th
In this rectangle learning exercise, students find the areas of rectangles and draw squares to a given size, Examples and explanations are provided prior to the exercises. There are eight problems provided on this two-page learning...
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Area of Parallelograms

For Students 10th
In this area of parallelograms instructional activity, 10th graders solve 9 different types of problems related to finding the area of a parallelogram. First, they find the area of each figure or shaded region, assuming that angles that...
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An Introduction to Measuring Theory

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate one, two and three dimensional objects. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between different shapes of objects and write equations to represent each. They start with what they already know and prove...
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Measurement Online Exercises

For Students 4th - 5th
In this measurement worksheet, students calculate the length and picture reduction of a flower picture and a piece of wood and measure the width and length of a ground plan for a room. Students check their answers online as they go.
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Chapter 4 - Objective 3.1 - Perimeter & Angle Measure

For Students 10th - 12th
In this perimeter and angle measure worksheet, students find the length of the side of triangles and rectangles from given information. They read story problems, write equations and solve the problem. This one-page worksheet contains...

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