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Weight Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students estimate and compare grapefruit weights. In this weight measurement and literacy lesson, students listen to the story Nate's Big Hair and the Grapefruit in There, then estimate the weight of a grapefruit after holding it....
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Measured Opinions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read "Public Is Wary but Supportive on Rights Curbs," at the New York Times online. They explore how opinion polls are created and conducted, focusing on the wording of questions and the methods of sampling a population.
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Let's Build a Worm Bin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the process of decomposition. In this ecology and measurement instructional activity, students prepare a worm home to be used for vermicomposting. Learners weigh a group of worms and the added food, recording this...
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Find Someone

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Your class will participate in a series of math vocabulary activities to learn about parallel lines. They find people using a math list and connect math words in the context of sentences. They also read the math words in the example...
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The Librarian Who Measured The Earth

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use small objects as a unit of measurement for larger objects. Working in small groups, they measure the circumference of smaller spheres and estimate the circumference of larger spheres using these measurements. Students...
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What is Air?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars investigate air by participating in a class experiment. In this matter measurement lesson plan, students identify air as a gas which consists of mass. Young scholars utilize a windsock or balloon to measure oxygen and...
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Mr. Gallon

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate measurement conversions using a visual demonstration.  In this mathematics conversions lesson, students create an image of a plastic gallon jug using a paint software program.  Students utilize the jug image as a...
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Social Justice-Water in Developing Countries

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore how water shortage affects everyday life. In this social justice lesson, students discuss information about water shortage in Ghana. A water shortage simulation/game is played in which a "Canadian" team starts with a...
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Reading the Neighborhood

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete activities with the story One Monday Morning in the Macmillan/McGraw Hill Textbook. For this data lesson, 1st graders read the story and gather data to create a picture graph. They read the graph and answer...
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Solving Problems Using Triangle Inequality Theorem

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate triangles and the inequality theorem. They will collaborate in groups to determine the length of a longest side of a triangle. Then relate the size of the triangle to its angles using protractors, yard sticks,...
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Hickory Dickory Doc Tell Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover time keeping by reading clocks.  In this time-telling instructional activity, students read the story Hickory Dickory Dock, and discuss the measurements of time we use.  Students complete worksheets in which they...
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Measurements Around the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice measuring items by examining classroom objects.  In this geometry activity, 3rd graders utilize measuring tools to find the weight, time, length or temperature of specific classroom items.  Students predict the...
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Problem Solving: Draw a Diagram

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This problem solving PowerPoint presents a detailed, logical sequence of steps to follow in order to solve a story problem. The thinking processes described are given in text and represented by a visual model. After discussing the...
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Using Math Concepts to Collect and Document Specimens

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine the length and width of leaf samples to the nearest millimeter and the circumference of trees. They participate in a discussion about the importance of collecting specimens carefully. They compile accurate...
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Math Maven's Mysteries

For Students 6th - 7th
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about 'The Colossal Circus Caper.' Students create a table to help organize the time and measurement elements from the story. Students must determine how tall Ella...
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Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Garden

For Students 7th
In these math word problem worksheets, 7th graders help solve the mystery about 'The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Garden.' Students find the new length and width measurements of the shrunken garden using the area of rectangle.
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Balloons: Math with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the history of hot air balloons by watching one ascent.  In this physics lesson, students utilize a Montgolfier Hot Air Balloon from an earlier lesson and record the temperature, rate of ascent and the volume.  Students...
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Electricity - How it Works and How We Measure and Pay For It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate energy consumption by researching wattage.  In this electricity lesson, students discuss how electricity works and gets transferred to our electronic devices through generators and circuits.  Students examine their...
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Measurement and Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate physics by creating paper airplanes. In this flight experiment activity, 6th graders utilize stationary tools to create elaborate paper airplanes which they fly on their school grounds.  Students complete...
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Geometric Shape Names

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Combine math and language arts in the same lesson with a reading passage about number prefixes in geometric shapes. After reading several short paragraphs about the different prefixes used in shape names, kids answer five comprehension...
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A Slice of Pi

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Math pupils, by viewing a video, discover the history of pi and some of the applications of its uses in the world today. They conduct an experiment by measuring the diameter and circumference of various circular objects to calculate...
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The Crash Scene

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore geography by participating in a mapping activity. In this engineering instructional activity, 5th graders identify the differences between latitude and longitude and practice locating precise points on a globe or...
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Calculating Your Foodometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore environmental issues by completing a food production class activity. In this carbon footprint lesson, students discuss the types of foods they eat, where they come from and what types of methods are used to transport...
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Test Your Reading Skills

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading learning exercise, students write out the full name of units of weight and measurement. Twelve different measurements and weights are listed with the abbreviation for each unit.

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