Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Ratios in Regular Polygons
In this activity, students use linear measurement and calculators to investigate the ratios between corresponding parts of regular polygons.
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Texas Instruments: What's My Ratio?
In this activity, students use linear measurement and calculators to investigate proportionality and determine the constant ratio between similar figures.
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Texas Instruments: Perpendicular Bisector Theorem
This activity uses distance measures to investigate the relationship between a point in the plane and the distance to the endpoints of a segment. Students will investigate the implication these relationships have for the position of the...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Sabermetrics
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduced students to lesser-known statistical analyses. The focus of this lesson is sabermetrics, a statistical procedure used to measure a baseball player's worth or the...
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Instruments of Climatology
Identify the tools used to measure various aspects of climatology like a barometer.
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Texas Instruments: Measurement and Geometry
In this activity students explore the use of manipulatives to conduct simple geometry and measurement activities.
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Texas Instruments: Measuring Polygons an Introduction to Cabri Jr.
This activity is designed as an introduction to using the Carbri Jr. application on the TI-83+/84+ calculators. Students are guided through the menu system and are shown how to draw triangles, quadrilaterals and and a pentagon. Perimeter...
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Texas Instruments: What's the Scale?
The objective of this lesson is to have students determine the scale of a model when compared to the actual object. They will measure parts of the actual object and then compare the corresponding part of the model to determine the scale...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Weather Instruments for Sale
During this instructional activity, students will use knowledge they have learned about weather instruments to create a catalog advertisement. Students will use descriptive writing to advertise the use of the weather instrument. They...
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Texas Instruments: Making Cookies
In this activity, students will reduce a cafeteria recipe to suit a household recipe. They use compatible numbers to choose smaller measurements while retaining the original proportions.
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Texas Instruments: Learning Measurement Conversions Through Statistics
Students learn the conversion relationship between inches and centimeters through data collection. The data collected results from measuring items using inches and centimeters as the units. They use a TI-73 to input the data into lists...
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Texas Instruments: Units and Conversion
This StudyCards stack enables students to review and practice using the metric system of measurement.
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Texas Instruments: Mix It Up: Mixing Liquids of Different Temperatures
In this activity, students' will use temperature sensors to measure temperatures of water samples before and after mixing. They compare the mixing temperatures to a linear prediction.
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Texas Instruments: Bingo!
This activity provides students with an opportunity to use a familiar game to determine the most appropriate units for a given situation.
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Texas Instruments: Science Tools App
In this activity, you will explore the Science Tools App by using the "Significant Figures" feature and the "Vector Calculator".
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Texas Instruments: Are Your Bones Normal?
Students can use the TI-Navigator to investigate mathematics in Forensic Science.
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Instruments
Use this site to learn all about the instruments that are used to measure things related to weather.
NASA
Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch
This lesson plan allows students to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Layman's Guide to How a Sling Psychrometer Works
A sling psychrometer is used to measure humidity levels. Read about its history, how it works, its design, and how to use it. Includes a relative humidity table.
Other
Elms Environmental Education Center: How to Use a Clinometer
Offers instructions in how to use a clinometer, an instrument used by foresters for measuring angles in order to determine the height of a tree. The mathematics behind a clinometer is also explained.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Devices Used to Measure Angles
Looks at the many devices used to measure angles in academic settings and in real-world settings.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Measurement
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will explore different instruments used for measuring length, time, temperature and weight. Non standard units of measurement (unifix cubes) are also included. Activotes are...
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Texas Instruments: Drawing and Measuring an Angle
Students learn to use drawing and measurement tools to measure angles. They explore and review types of angles as their measurements are altered.
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Texas Instruments: Measures of Central Tendency
Mean, median, and mode are measures of central tendency in data analysis. Each can be used to identify central tendency. Box-and-whiskers plots are a visual representation of collected data involving medians.