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Estimation
Students estimate quantity, length, and area. Students practice making comparison estimations of different items and estimate whether or not the amount is greater or less than a certain amount. Students practice making estimations.
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Everybody Needs a Rock
Here is a instructional activity that rocks! Young scientists choose a rock and list words that describe it. They estimate the mass of their rocks and rank them within a group. They measure their rocks for volume and write a story that...
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Estimating Solutions to Word Problems
Fourth graders explore number sense by completing word problems in class. In this estimation lesson, 4th graders define terms such as sum, difference, estimate and best. Students complete estimating worksheets based on the concept of...
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Involving Community Members, Parents, and Community Agencies in Student Learning
Students predict and estimate the number of moose shot by people between the years of 1986-1990. They analyze data and statistics, construct bar graphs, and conduct research on the Alaskan moose.
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The Mole as a Large Number or an Exercise in Dimensional Analysis
Students complete an activity and make "provable estimates." In this dimensional analysis activity students use dimensional analysis and complete an activity.
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Return Intervals & Reasoning from Tabular Data
Learners calculate derivatives from a set of data. In this calculus instructional activity, students estimate the limit at infinity. They complete a Return Interval handout at the end of the instructional activity.
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Estimate a Dinner Plate
Students work with a partner to solve the real-world problem of planning a favorite meal given a specific budget. They review and practice estimation strategies to determine the reasonableness of calculations in a given situation.
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Show What You Know: Estimate: Enrichment
For this estimating sums worksheet, learners write a greater than or less than sign to solve the addition sentences. Students first use estimation to help them compare the numbers.
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Estimate Sums and Differences
In this word problem worksheet, 4th graders answer 6 word problems by writing mathematical sentences that show each answer. They work with distances and time.
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Wanted Dead or Alive...How Big Is it?
Fourth graders estimate the measurements of trees using unconventional techniques.
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Language Arts: What's My Line?
Students discover how to employ number lines by estimating the number of tiles in a jar. After writing their estimates on sticky notes, they place them in order on a number line mat. Included in the lesson are various activities and...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Using Manipulatives with Fractions
Students are introduced to the concept of using manipulatives when working with fractions in real life situations. In this using manipulative with fractions lesson, students make connections about when manipulatives aid in calculating...
Concord Consortium
Fermi Time
It's all just a matter of time. The resource provides four Fermi questions in reference to time. The questions are open-ended and require classmates to make use of estimation and dimensional analysis.
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The Great Egg Roll Online Project
Eighth graders decorate plastic eggs and measure how far they can roll them. They reinforce math skills involving estimation, measurement, and averaging. They record their results online and compare their results with those of students...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Problem Solving with Fractions
Solve story problems using fractions or decimals. Then, determine the reasonableness of answers using estimation.The detailed lesson includes essential questions, vocabulary, a materials list, and links to related units.
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Decimals - Mid Chapter Quiz
Here is a decimals learning exercise in which learners complete a quiz asking about least to greatest, standard form, sums, and more having to do with decimals. They complete eight problems.
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Small Angle Calculations
Students work with circles, angles and estimating angles in the night sky. In this circles and angles lesson, students practice measuring a degree using the circumference of a circle and apply the degree to determine a way to use their...
National Security Agency
Time After Time
Save those precious minutes and hours spent planning math lessons with this mini-unit on telling time. Offering a series of engaging hands-on and collaborative learning activities, these three lessons teach children how to read analog...
Illustrative Mathematics
How Thick Is a Soda Can II?
Science, technology, and math come together in this one combination exercise. Analyzing the common soda can from both a purely mathematical perspective and a scientific angle allows for a surprisingly sophisticated comparison of...
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
Sedimentation
Starting with a presentation, pupils learn about how sedimentary rocks form. They then create their own sedimentation bottle to observe the process.
University of Colorado
Spacecraft Speed
Space shuttles traveled around Earth at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour, way faster than trains, planes, or automobiles travel! In the 13th installment of 22, groups graph different speeds to show how quickly spacecraft move through...
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Describing Center, Variability, and Shape of a Data Distribution from a Graphical Representation
What is the typical length of a yellow perch? Pupils analyze a histogram of lengths for a sample of yellow perch from the Great Lakes. They determine which measures of center and variability are best to use based upon the shape of the...
California Department of Education
Choosing My Lifestyle
How much does it cost to live the life your dream life? Scholars explore the pitfalls of personal finance through planning, discussion, and research. The first lesson in a five-part series tasks individuals with determining an...
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Estimating he Value of a Definite Integral
In this definite integral worksheet, students solve three integrals for a defined value. They use the midpoint, trapezoidal, and Simpson's rules each one time to estimate the value of a definite integral.
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