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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Adding Common Fractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders estimate various measurements. For this lesson on measurement, 4th graders estimate the length and mass of multiple objects. Students discuss the difference between a guess and a reasonable estimate and discuss using...
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Lesson Plan
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Importance of Estimation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the ability to estimate based on viewing photographs of objects.  In this number sense lesson, students view photographs of numerous objects in which they must train their eyes to create an educated guess of how many...
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Lesson Plan
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Sizing Up Spout

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students estimate heights and lengths of objects. In this measurement lesson plan, students estimate the length and height of various objects using non-traditional tools of measurement. This lesson plan also includes a video clip on...
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Worksheet
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Measuring Spider Web Angles

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this mathematics worksheet, students identify that the spiders each used a different angle to create their webs. Then they find out each spider's angle by estimating and measuring.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

British Units of Measurement: Pounds, Pence, Meters, Centimeters

For Students 4th - 6th
In this British units of measurement worksheet, students answer 8 questions in which they either estimate and then add pounds and pence, or they measure a length using meters and centimeters. Students can determine whether their answers...
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Worksheet
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Reasonable Answers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reasonable answers worksheet, students solve six story problems in which numbers are rounded and the answer estimated. Students select the most reasonable answer from 3 choices.
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Worksheet
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What Can You Do In One Minute?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this timing worksheet, students discover what tasks can be done in one minute. Students solve 5 problems in which they time themselves for one minute doing different tasks such as: building a cube tower, keeping a ball up in the air,...
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Worksheet
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Estimating Quotients

For Students 6th - 7th
In this estimating quotients worksheet, students solve 20 different problems that include estimating a variety of quotients in each. They divide each whole number and then estimate the answer in each problem to the nearest whole number.
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Lesson Plan
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Estimating With Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore fractions. In this fraction lesson, students estimate fractions and estimate sums of fractions. Students work with technology to develop math fluency.
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PPT
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Consumer Economics: Building a Budget

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
I think most of us adults could use a tip or two on how to budget our personal finances. Pass on some valuable knowledge to your pupils as they move into the real world. The presentation provides three easy steps to creating a personal...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Area Sums: Estimation with Rectangles

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
The more rectangles, the better the estimate. Using the interactive, pupils explore estimating the area under a curve using left-hand sums. Learners respond to challenge questions on how to get better estimates using the same technique.
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Lesson Plan
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Measuring Volume/Capacity Using the Metric System

For Teachers 5th
There is more than one way to measure an amount, as learners discover by applying multiple measurement tools in these activities. Centimeter cubes, cylinders, beakers, and measuring cups are used to find the volume of regular and...
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How Tall is that Tree?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners use their feet to measure distance between themselves and a tree trunk.  In this distance lesson plan, students use the number of steps, and string to measure distances and height of the tree.  Learners can get the tree height...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Summarizing Deviations from the Mean

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Through a series of problems, learners determine the variability of a data set by looking at the deviations from the mean. Estimating means of larger data sets presented in histograms and providing a way to calculate an estimate round...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Evaluation of Roots

For Students 8th Standards
You mean the square root of five and five don't have the same value? Learners estimate the value of irrational roots. As they practice estimating the value, they increase their understanding of roots. The lesson is the fourth in a series...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Length of a Plane Curve

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Challenge your class to use straight lines when estimating the length of a curve. An engaging interactive allows individuals to place line segments one after another along the arc. Learners determine that the more lines used, the better...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pumpkin Problems

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a lesson that has the intention of working on estimation skills. They use pumpkins to estimate the number of seeds are inside. They collect data for each pumpkin and compare it to the estimation. Students question...
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Word Value

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the concepts of adding, estimating, and ordering. The lesson uses the alphabet as an example illustration. The students practice the calculations in class in order to ensure mastery.
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Lesson Plan
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Estimation & Central Tendency

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders view pictures that show many objects, estimate amount that they think they saw, and take class data from estimation to find the mean, median, mode, and range for the class.
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Lesson Plan
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Operations with Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Complete a lesson plan that introduces and explores operations with fractions and decimals. Pupils estimate the reasonableness of a decimal computation. Then discuss what operation is needed to find an answer. Handouts, web sources, and...
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Lesson Plan
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Telling Time as an Everyday Use of Numbers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
How can we estimate time? Have your young mathematicians make a clock. Then they compare and contrast types of clocks. They practice writing times in two different ways and make a book about telling time.
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Lesson Plan
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Volume Calculation Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work with scientific notation and rounding as they determine volume. In this volume lesson, pupils attempt to calculate the volume of the planet Jupiter. They use rounding to two significant digits and scientific...
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Lesson Plan
Mixing in Math

Take Ten: Make Cleaning Up More Fun with Predictions and Counting

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Class members predict and count how many items need to be cleaned up in class while skip counting by 10s. They estimate whether having each child clean up 10 items will be enough to get the room ready for the next day. Everyone counts...
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Lesson Plan
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Calculating Perimeter and Area of Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss strategies for estimating information about various shapes. Once they draw and label four shapes with perimeters of 30 units, they calculate the areas of the figures. To complete the lesson plan, students offer written...

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