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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Winter Olympics: Non Standard Measurement

For Teachers 1st Standards
We are going for GOLD! Students will use different objects to measure the length achieved in different Olympic events.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Speed and Accuracy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity investigates the importance of accurate measurement in competitive sport, looking at examples from athletics and swimming. It is aimed at secondary maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).
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Other

Math4 Texas: Comparing Measurable Attributes

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students will use their knowledge of measurable attributes (length, weight, capacity) to compare two or more objects using one measurable trait or more than two measurable traits to compare if the objects have more, less, or equal...
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PBS

Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer

For Students 6th - 8th
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Hamburger Restaurant: Time and Mass

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this interactive site students practice time and mass skills. By the end of the lesson students will be able to describe the mass of more than two objects and record the mass of three objects by lifting.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: Mass

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
On this interactive site students learn to use various units of mass to solve problems and put objects in order by their mass.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Martha's Stem Stories Activity Plan

For Students 1st - 3rd
Welcome to Martha's STEM Stories! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. You may already know that doing STEM means testing ideas, collecting data, making calculations, and drawing graphs and charts-but you...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Integers: Grade 6 (Using Thermometer)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scroll partway down the page to find this lesson on decimals which incorporates the use of thermometers at an activity centre.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Classifying Angles Jeopardy Game

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An online Jeopardy game where students describe the type of angles, measurement of angles, and identify whether angles are complementary, supplementary or congruent.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Build a Bird Nest Box Day 2

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Analyzing the work of others to determine if it meets the criteria for building a nest box.
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OnlineMathLearning.com

Online Math learning.com: Compare & Measure Lengths

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This source offers videos, solutions, examples, and songs to help kids learn how to order three objects by length and compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 2: Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gain an understanding of standard deviation and normal distribution by viewing an example and a video lesson.
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Other

Math Across the Curriculum: Art and Linear Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website contains an easy to understand explanation of vanishing point and other concepts of linear perspective.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Dog House Design Activity Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Children will learn about and explore measurement to successfully design a dog house for his or her cutout paper dog. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or online game that encourages children to...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: All About Us Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
It's time to stand in the spotlight! During this Afterschool Adventure, children will learn about and practice a variety of math skills as they gather information about their favorite subject-themselves! Children will start out by...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf.1 What Exactly Is a Radian?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, young scholars use a piece of string or another tool to measure the radius of the circle and then mark off the corresponding arc length on the unit circle as many times as they need to for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 radians....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry-based lesson, students will discover the formulas for the surface area of pyramids and cones. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Professional Doc
Other

Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: N q.a.3, N q.a.1, N q.a.2: Weed Killer

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The principal purpose of the task is to explore a real-world application problem with algebra, working with units and maintaining reasonable levels of accuracy throughout. Aligns with N-Q.A.3, N-Q.A.1, and N-Q.A.2.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Is the Perimeter?

For Teachers 3rd Standards
I can create polygons and find the perimeter by using the unit squares on my paper
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Similarity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a lesson plan for high school age students. The objective is to discover the factor of proportionality in similar polygons and to relate this factor to the perimeters and areas of similar polygons.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Simple Programs to Apply Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to write simple programs to evaluate formulas in several variables for lists of data. They apply these skills to the computation of areas, volumes and surface areas of familiar geometric solids.
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PBS

Pbs: Scale City: Scaling Up Rectangles in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, students explore Depression-era post office murals and modern outdoor murals to learn how artists use proportional reasoning and measurement to create large-scale paintings. The video ends with the question, "How do...
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PBS

Pbs: Scale City: Similar Figures in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
This video features the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, home to the world's largest bat. Students see the role that measurement and engineering play in making bats to professional players' specifications and are asked to consider...

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