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Math - Design a Ship

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students design a ship. They calculate square footage and draw their ship to scale. They build models of their ships.
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners read a recipe of beef jerky and explore the process. In this agriculture recipe lesson, students read the process and recipe for creating beef jerky. Learners also read a history of the American Plains Indians and their use...
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Riddles

For Students 4th - 5th
For this math worksheet, students solve 4 riddles. Students read the clues and figure out the answer which will either be a number, month or unit of measurement. Example: I am a unit of measurement. A dozen of me is a third of a yard....
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Length-- U.S. Standard Units Mixed Problems

For Students 5th - 6th
In this standard measurement of length worksheet, students solve 11 problems in which inches, feet, yards and miles are converted.
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Length- U.S. Standard Units Basic Facts #2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this standard length measurement worksheet, students solve 16 problems in which inches, feet, yards and miles are converted.
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Giraffe Growth Chart

For Teachers K - 1st
In this giraffe growth chart, students color and cut a giraffe head. This appears to be the top part of a measuring chart, but this sheet only has the head, with no inches marked.
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House Dimensions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure the perimeters of several different rooms. They convert the measurements using ratios that allow them to draw the rooms to scale on paper. They draw the dimensions of a house to scale. They measure length to the...
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Hands On: Explore Perimeter

For Students 5th - 6th
In this perimeter word problems worksheet, students enhance their understanding of perimeter by solve the six word problems.
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Estimating Area

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, after being given a variety of word problems to solve, find patterns to solving 3 out of 4 times. They break it down into smaller parts 3 out of 4 times and tell the method of solving 3 out of 4 times. Students complete...
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Time Flies When Math Is Fun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.
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Drawing to Scale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the process of drawing a picture to scale. They analyze and discuss real-life blueprints for a house, and create a scale drawing of an original invention using calculators and rulers.
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Reflection of Light

For Teachers K - 8th
Students experiment with reflections of two plane mirrors placed at a 90 degree angle to see what will be reflected.
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Sand Under the Swing Set

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Help the local elementary school fix their playground by calculating the amount of sand needed near the swing set. The problem practices setting up proportions and ratios with three different options for solving. You can chose the option...
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Spinners and Fractions

For Students 4th - 5th
Your learners create their own spinner using different colors and analyze the likelihood of landing on certain colors. The solutions are presented as fractions.
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Putting the Pieces Together

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Children explore fractions on a conceptual level by making individual quilt squares. Each student works with small paper swatches to divide them into pieces that represent a given fraction. The class is then separated into groups and...
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Floor Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A multi-step problem has learners finding the actual area based on a scale drawing and then converting units at the end. Two different solution choices are listed depending on the preference on which step to start first. Both methods can...
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More Bait for Your Buck!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars determine where to buy the heaviest earthworms as they study invertebrates. They create a double bar graph of the results of the weight data.
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Ruler Race

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this length measurements worksheet, students play a game with a partner that helps them measure the three lengths on the pie charts. Students spin a pencil or paper clip to find the measurement and use a ruler to draw the length from...
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Got Milk?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure the angles of a milk carton. They identify and label acute, right, and obtuse angles. Using appropriate tools, students determine the volume of a cube or a rectangular prism. Students complete worksheets to...
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Why Study Fractals?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson, students use the website to research where fractals occur in nature. Students research what fractals are and how fractals are used to solve real world problems.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners add or subtract fraction parts of mixed numbers before adding or subtracting the whole number parts. In this fractions lesson plan, students learn to use a ruler to help them add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
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Plan a Cruise Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students measure distances and report them in fractions, convert fractions to decimals, and multiply decimals.
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Viewing Tubes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars complete a lab in order to discover if the length of a viewing tube, its diameter, or the distance from an object affect the type of data collected and the resulting graph.
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The Circumference and Diameter of a Circle

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the finding of the diameter of a circle in order to extend the practice towards finding the circumference. They differentiate between the distance measured across a circle from that of around the perimeter.