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Measurement Via Triangulation

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Students investigate various common terms of measurement, sort them into categories, select the uncommon terms, and construct conversion tables for both the common and the uncommon terms of measurement.

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vocational training, unit conversion

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conversion, functional, vocational, math
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3rd - 8th
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Math
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