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- Bearly estimating
- This is a lesson which allows students to explore with estimation in cooperative learning groups.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By Melissa Geiser.
- Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
- Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Luwonna Oakes.
- Estimating quantities
- Students will estimate items individually. As a whole group, they will check to determine the closest guess.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
- By Aimee Stewart.
- Jack-o-Light
- We use pumpkins to demonstrate that fire needs air to burn. This goes really well with Fire Safety Week and our pumpkin unit. Also, we 'guesstimate' how many pumpkin seeds are in the pumpkin. We roast them afterwards by following a recipe. You can also create a Kids Pix picture of pumpkins.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Michele Tipton.
- M&M math
- Rotating to each station using M&M's, this lesson will allow students to add, graph, sort, and estimate.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)
- By Karen Walker.
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- Beverage sharing and serving
- Students determine, using a nonstandard cup or plastic drinking container, the minimum amount of fruit drink needed to serve class members. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. Students will:... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Illuminations
- Comparison estimator
- This activity allows the user to compare two quantities (which may be the number of objects in each of two sets, the lengths of two curves, or the area of two shapes) by estimating. (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Shodor
- Competing coasters
- Students look at attributes that vary from roller coaster to roller coaster. Illuminations provides an activity sheets and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. After students have discussed their roller coaster experiences, they compare and... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Illuminations
- Estimator
- This activity allows users to practice estimation skills by attempting to determine the number of individual objects shown, estimating the length of a curve based upon a given scale or estimating the area of a shape also based upon a given scale. (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Shodor
- Estimator Four
- This activity allows two users to play a game of estimation where each player tries to connect four game pieces in a row before his or her opponent does. The players earn game pieces by accurately estimating the answers to various problems. Users can choose... (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 3–12 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Shodor
- Every breath you take
- Using the number of breaths taken during a specified time period as the context for this exploration, students estimate, experiment, and display real-life data. Illuminations provides detailed instructions and an activity sheet necessary for completing... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Illuminations
- More or less estimator
- This activity allows the user to estimate quantities and sizes including the number of objects in a set, the lengths of a curve, and the area of a shape (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Shodor
