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PBS

Pbs: Standard Measures and Conversions Within a System: Solve the Measurement Problem!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Cyberchase media gallery, the Cybersquad must try to follow a recipe exactly to create a mixture that will help cure their friend Slider. At first, the squad must find a way to ensure standard measures of the ingredients. When...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Measure Up Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson plan for students to practice measurements with different sized items using both standard and nonstandard units.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: Measures of the Spread of the Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains the different measures of center, variability, etc. that are used to describe the spread of statistical data. Includes examples and practice exercises.
eBook
Missouri State University

Missouri State U.: Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides lengthy explanations of the measures of central tendency - mean, mode, and median - and the measures of variability - range, variance, standard deviation. Graphs of interesting examples are presented as well, skewed...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Standard and Non Standard Units of Measurement

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Understand the measurement process and the need for standard units.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Use a Non Standard Unit to Measure

For Teachers 1st Standards
In this lesson students will use color tiles to measure classroom objects.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Measuring Variability in a Data Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this student task is to develop understanding of standard deviation. Aligns with S-ID.A.2 and S-ID.A.3.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Tall Are We?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those students. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, these are exposed to different conditions of light levels and/or soil moisture contents. During exposure of the plants to these different conditions, students measure...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: It Takes Ten Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students rotate from station to station completing activities involving measurement weight, length, and volume using metric measurement.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Liquid Measurement Conversion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides tables showing how to convert liquid measurements used for cooking between different customary units and metric units. Covers teaspoons up to gallons, as well as conversions to milliliters.
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Other

Online Statistics Education: Measures of Variability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learning Objectives cover the areas of the Measures of Variability. Explanations are given for: variability, range, interquartile range, variance, and standard deviation. Examples and quizzes are also provided.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Growing and Graphing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Convert Units Word Problems (Us Customary)

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Solve word problems that involve converting between US customary measures of distance, volume, and mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Light Seconds, Light Years, Light Centuries: Measure Extreme Dist

For Students 9th - 10th
Yuan-Sen Ting shows us how trigonometric parallaxes, standard candles and more help us determine the distance of objects several billion light years away from Earth. [5:29]
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Metric Measurements: Units and Conversions

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Discusses how the metric system of measurement was developed and provides tables of unit conversions within the metric system, within the Imperial system, and between the two systems.
Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Common Water Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Geological Survey provides great definitions of seven measurements that can be taken on water. Includes pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
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United Nations

Unesco: Measures of Dispersion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of the different measures of dispersion (range, interquartile range, and standard deviation) are given.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Growing Bean Plants

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Growing bean plants is a common science activity at this age. This task adds some rigor to the activity, by collecting actual growth data, providing practice for students in measuring and recording length measurements. Detailed...
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Other

Conversions for Weight Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site allows you to convert weight/mass measurements. For example converting tons to grams. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tiles and Cubes and Clips, Oh My!

For Teachers 1st Standards
Were off to get the measure, the wonderful measure of side! The students will identify the longest side of an object and measure its length with a variety of non standard units.
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Other

Dispersion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses the range, average deviation, variance, and standard deviation, as well as their relation to dispersion.
eBook
Other

Business Education Resource Consort: Management & Entrepreneurship Online Manual

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Accounting and Finance Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards. Included with the...
Handout
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Assessments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A discussion of why we have assessments, the types of assessments, and what they measure.

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