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Estimate How Many Seeds Are In a Fruit or Vegetable

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Help mathematicians estimate how many seeds are in a given vegetable or fruit. They are divided into pairs and estimate the amount of seeds in a whole fruit without seeing the inside. They then cut the fruit or vegetable in half and count the seeds to check their answers.

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counting objects, counting

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estimating seeds in fruit and vegetables, estimation with seeds, count objects, math
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Grade
K - 4th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr

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