CK-12 Foundation
Seafloor: Sonar Boats
An interactive that teaches about sonar sure sounds like fun! Junior oceanographers study the uses of sonar, past and present, in an engaging interactive. The content demonstrates how sonar works, why sound waves are a great tool...
CK-12 Foundation
Determination of Unknown Triangle Measures Given Area: Jib Sheets
Solving triangles is a breeze. Young boat enthusiasts solve problems involving triangles in the context of sails on a boat. They must apply different strategies, including the Law of Cosines and area formulas.
CK-12 Foundation
Problem Solving Plan, Mental Math: The Perfect Lemonade 1
Find the perfect amount of water for lemonade. Scholars solve the famous problem of measuring four liters of water using a three-liter container and a five-liter container. An interactive allows users to see each step of the solution.
Curated OER
Estimation and Measurement
Get second graders outside to estimate and measure how long 800 meters is on their school campus. They then measure the actual distance in yards to see how close their estimate was. An interesting teaching idea!
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Does it Measure Up?
Use this fun activity with youngsters learning how to use rules for measurement. Each is provided with six steps that direct them to draw specific things with specific heights or lengths. For example, they start by drawing a tree that is...
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Measuring the Lengths Using Rulers
Why are there so many lines on a ruler? Scholars measure length on two rulers, one standard and one metric. They measure in inches, millimeters, and centimeters with the centimeter measurement including a fraction. Because these are the...
Curated OER
Non-Standard Measurement
Students, using a list made up of things from around the room; estimate the distance of one of the items on the list with one unit, record their prediction, and then actually measure items with non-standard measuring devise.
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Coordinate Plane Worksheets - Area of Rectangle
In this online math worksheet, students calculate the area of a variety of rectangles given the measure of their vertices. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into...
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Measuring Tools
In this measuring tools practice worksheet, students match the 5 items defined to the 5 correct tools of measurement listed.
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A Measuring Adventure
Learners practice measuring items. In this measurement lesson, students read the book Measuring Penny and create their own system of measurement. Learners measure various items in the classroom, using their creative measurement system.
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Introductory Module
Third graders examine the non-standard method of measurement and compare it to the metric system of measurement. In this introductory module instructional activity, 3rd graders discover the scientific observation. Students also develop...
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Estimation and Measurement
Students explore measurement and estimation with non-standard units. In this measurement lesson, students discuss items that could be used to measure; they use tooth picks to measure specific items around the classroom, both estimating...
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Measure and Measure
Students use video integration to help them learn about non-standard measurements. In this measurements instructional activity, students watch a video about measurement. Students determine which non-standard measurement unit would be...
Perkins School for the Blind
Identifying and Using Tools
How can you teach a person about technology and engineering if he has never been exposed to the tools and devices used to create and construct? Learners with visual impairments examine a number of common tools, such as hammers, wrenches,...
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Measures of Central Tendency
Here is a measures of central tendency worksheet in which learners solve five multiple choice problems. They find the mean, median, and mode of a data set.
CK-12 Foundation
Angles: The Angle of Discovery
Practice important angle vocabulary using an interactive lesson. As learners manipulate vertical angles, they watch the supplementary and congruent angles adjust. Questions pertaining to vocabulary and measurements follow their exploration.
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Geometry and Measurement Pre-Test
Use this comprehensive pre-instruction assessment tool to focus your teaching where your class needs it most. Multiple choice questions assess your budding geometers' conceptual and vocabulary knowledge, but they do not solve any...
CK-12 Foundation
Identifying Sets of Pythagorean Triples: Matching Problem
What sets of whole numbers make up the measures of side lengths in right triangles? Pupils use an interactive triangle to learn about Pythagorean triples. Individuals find missing values in triples and learn more about Pythagorean...
CK-12 Foundation
Identifying Sets of Pythagorean Triples: The iPad is a Pythagorean Triple
Compare iPad and HDTV aspect ratios. Individuals use the interactive to determine whether the measurements of screens represent a Pythagorean triple. The pupils determine what changes are needed to make a Pythagorean triple.
CK-12 Foundation
Measurement of Probability
Stockings make your legs warmer and math more enjoyable. A drag-and-drop interactive has pupils take stockings out of drawers to calculate probabilities. This includes dependent events where the probabilities depend on previous stocking...
CK-12 Foundation
Measurement of Probability: Basketball Throw
Future mathematicians use an interactive to see how changing the size of a basketball court and the size of a region in the court affects the probability that a ball will randomly fall within the specified region. No calculations are...
CK-12 Foundation
Angle Classification: Angles in the Game of Pool
Make a game of angle classification. Using the direction of the pool ball, scholars determine the measure of the created angles. They work to create and classify different types of angles throughout an engaging interactive.
CK-12 Foundation
Mode: Boxes of Oranges
See how your data stacks up. Pupils stack crates of oranges in increasing order, creating a simple bar graph. Using the graph, individuals determine measures of center and describe the shape of the distribution. Scholars determine what...
PBS
Analyzing Light Curves of Transiting Exoplanets
Scientists detected exoplanets by measuring how the brightness of stars changed over time. Young astronomers interpret and analyze the same data that led to exoplanet discoveries. They learn to apply light curve graphs and connect the...