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Cool to Rule: A Game of Prediction and Measurement Lesson PlanCool to Rule: A Game of Prediction and Measurement Lesson Plan
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Cool to Rule: A Game of Prediction and Measurement

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Students demonstrate measurement and estimation skills. In small groups, they are given a measurement, predict what object in the classroom is equal to that specific measurement, and record their data in a table that includes the measurement and the difference of the actual measurement compared to their prediction.

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estimating measurement, math
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Grade
5th - 6th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Year
1998

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