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An Introduction to Angles

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and create angles. In this angle measurement lesson plan, students use sticks to make models of angles, then measure and name each angle.
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Geometry- Hands and Feet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify units of measurement. In this measurement lesson, students predict the length and width of their hands and feet. Students discuss their findings and if their predictions were correct.
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Jr. Chef Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the food pyramid. In this health/math lesson students make biscuits. Students are assigned a group to measure out ingredients. Students also discuss which part of the food pyramid biscuits fall into and the nutritional...
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Imagining Back Story: Creating an Artifact for an Extra-Extended Text

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a "back story" for a character from Measure for Measure.  In this Measure for Measure lesson, students read the text closely as they look for clues about where the character came from and how he or she became what they...
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Finding the Sum of the Exterior and Interior Angles of a Polygon

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners find the sum of the angles of a polygon and construct a polygon given the number of sides. In this polygon lesson plan, students draw large polygons on the floor of the room. They measure the length of each side and the interior...
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Filling the Glass (Water, Air, and Fractions)

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students predict which of two glasses is 1/2 full using visual estimation, height measurement, and liquid measurement methods. Mathematical equations to accurately solve the problem are determined and verified.
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Symmetry in Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore symmetry.  In this geometry and scientific inquiry instructional activity, students design paper airplanes with middle line symmetry, as well as right, obtuse, and acute angles.  Students measure the plane's angles using...
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Henry's Freedom Box

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a shipping box from a cardboard material. In this measuring activity, 3rd graders read the book Henry's Freedom Box and discuss the main idea. In the story a slave ships himself to freedom and the students measure...
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What Temperature Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students answer the question, What is temperature?  In this temperature instructional activity, students use hot chocolate and ice cubes to measure temperature with a thermometer (Fahrenheit and Celsius). This instructional activity...
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What is my Angle? App

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Learners estimate angle measures in this this estimating angle measures lesson. They use an application on their graphing calculator that shows various settings involving angles and then they estimate the angle measure of a clock's...
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Kites

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice estimating and comparing measurements using yards, feet, and inches. They make comparisons about kites and a variety of measurements. Afterwards, they complete an activity sheet and draw a bird kite with long wings and...
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Quarter Rest Lesson

For Teachers 1st
First graders indicate the silent beats (rests) with an outward motion of the arms. They indicate a measure clapped out with a quarter rest, and a measure clapped out without a quarter rest.
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Around The Stop Sign

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze a drawing of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle to determine angle measures, using knowledge of properties of regular polygons and the sums of angles in various polygons to help solve the problem. They use...
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The Solar System

For Students 6th - 12th
In this solar system learning exercise, students determine the correct unit of measurement to use when measuring a list of items. Students list the five outer planets and four inner planets. This learning exercise has 20 fill in the...
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Uses of Numbers

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this uses of numbers worksheet, students complete nine fill in the blank questions where they describe the use of each given number as position, count, measure, or label. Next students complete 6 number patterns using both counting...
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Dr. Dirt's Archaeology Lab Artifact Analysis

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars simulate analyzing artifacts in archaeological lab by using real techniques that archaeologists use. Students practice measuring skills, drawing, writing, and brainstorming, and make inferences based on evidence.
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Fun With Adhesives

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe, measure, and record the properties in making objects stick together using science tools. In this science lesson, students explore with their senses while mixing flour and water. Additionally, students share their...
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Weight Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students estimate and compare grapefruit weights. In this weight measurement and literacy lesson plan, students listen to the story Nate's Big Hair and the Grapefruit in There, then estimate the weight of a grapefruit after holding it....
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2nd Grade Math Property of Transivity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand and practice the property of transivity in this presentation. The slides contain the definition of the property of transitivity, along with several examples. The final few slides allow students to practice...
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A Plop and Fizz

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform an experiment to determine the effect of temperature on reaction rates. In this chemistry instructional activity, 7th graders take measurements and record data. They create a graph and analyze results.
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A Chick Called Saturday

For Teachers K
Students explain what a calendar is all about in terms of time measurement. They clearly communicate in oral, artistic, written and nonverbal forms.
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Discover Magazine: Size and Scale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research measurements of the moon and Earth as well as the distance between the two in order to create scale models of the Earth-moon system. With a marble to be used as the moon, they must determine how large to make Earth...
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Shapes and Designs Investigation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders estimate angle measures and angle theroms. In this online interactive geometry lesson, 6th graders review types of angles, investigate angle theroms, and explore nonadjacent angles.
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Measure It Up!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the states that water may take. In this physical science lesson, students read the book, Water: Up, Down, and All Around and recall the states of water from the book. Students examine how water takes the shape of its...

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