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8th grade measurement simulations
Line of Best Fit and Scatterplots
Who doesn't love a good mystery?!!!! In this engaging students use a real life scenario to apply scatterplot data of shoe size and height and the line of best fit to capture the correct suspect. This product has lots of great reviews! Many middle school math teachers state this was a great way to review the concept of line of best fit and scatterplots. Aligned to CCSSM8.SP.A.2 and CCSSM8.SP.A.3This activity is also available in a bundle at a discounted rate:Scatterplots and Line of Best
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7th - 9th
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Line of Best Fit and Scatterplots: The Bundle
This bundle includes 2 engaging activities where students can apply the skills of plotting points in a scatterplot, making a line of best fit, and finding the slope of the line to find missing data. Fun scenarios of Sasquatch and a crime scene hook kids into learning. Please leave feedback, you can earn TpT credits for future purchases. If you enjoy these activities consider following my store as I work to increase my middle school math inventory. Check out my other middle school math produc
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7th - 9th
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Project Based Learning: Volume and Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This cooperative project involves applying many math and language skills to a real life situation. Teams are tasked with planning an aquatic center. Specifications include rectangular and circular pools which allow students to practice older skills such as perimeter, area, and volume of rectangles and prisms, as well as newer skills such as circumference, area, and volume of circles and cylinders. Measurement conversions are integrated, as well as writing and presentation skills. A final po
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6th - 8th
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Scatterplots and Line of Best Fit
This engaging activity allows students to apply their knowledge of slope, scatterplot data, and line of best fit to figure out how tall Sasquatch is. Taking the role of engineers, students use a foot print of sasquatch to approximate his height which is needed to construct a trap. An engaging newspaper article sets the scene of the recent Sasquatch sightings at the local park. This activity is also available in a bundle at a discounted rate:Scatterplots and Line of Best Fit BundleAligned to C
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Line of Best Fit and Scatterplots: The Bundle
What would Barbie Look like if she were Real?
Ever wondered what Barbie would look like if she were real? Now you can work with your students to find out!
Part 3
In order to save you and your students time, I measured various segments of Barbie's actual doll measurements. Students can use their measurements from Parts 1 and 2 of the Human Body Proportion Lab (available on TCP) OR measure their height or foot size to determine the SCALE FACTOR between their body and the doll's body. Using the SF, students will determine Barbie's measure
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dream Home: Utilizing Money, Area, Perimeter, and Conversion
STEM UNIT: Becoming an architect may seem so wonderful, but students may think twice after designing, building, and repairing problems in their new home. This is a unit that allows students to use a combination of math skills and critical thinking to be the architect of their own dream home on a budget. The students will engage in researching architecture of homes and house plans, designing their house plan, purchasing materials and labor, and dealing with problems along the way. The skills used
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5th - 8th
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Balance of Center | Mean as Fair Share Interactive Google Slides w/ Google Form
18 slides of different interactive activities giving students an opportunity to move around online math manipulatives to find the balance of center and mean as fair share. There is a google form that goes along with the slides so students can get instant feedback. Examples:- balancing a bar graph- balancing a dot plot- sharing money to find the fair share between four friends- moving marbles around in different jars to find the mean of marbles per jar- moving snap cubes to balance the four grou
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3rd - 8th
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Math Escape Room Bundle
For one price get all FOUR of my escape rooms, and more as I continue to add them! These activities are a great way to review fraction and mixed number operations, the order of operations, and customary and metric measurement conversions. These can be used with many grade levels but align with 4th-7th grade math standards. Included is:-Order of Operations Escape Room-Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Escape Room -Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Mixed Numbers
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4th - 8th
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T. Swift & Metrics- A Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Activity
I came up with this activity to teach the metric system to my gifted students. The problem centers around Taylor Swift going on tour and requiring some information from my students. You could definitely change the artist to someone more popular with your group of kids.
I posed the problem to them by having them read the situation titled "A Diva's Crisis." Then, they were assigned to groups and brainstormed a list of questions to put in the "W" section of a KWL chart (a teacher answer key is
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6th - 10th
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Fantasy Baseball by Josh Hammond
This exciting and interactive unit is based in the Common Core State Standards - specifically covering the Statistics and Probability domain for 6th and 7th grade.
There are 10 lessons in all that teach students about probability, mean and median, statistical variation, and much more. Students will also build a team of players from scratch, participating in a live auction to do so. Students will then play interactive games against each other, and keep track of the player statistics through it a
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5th - 8th
How to Read Grams (g) and Kilograms (kg) on an Interactive Scale + Sample Lesson
This scale teaches students why sometimes we measure things in grams (g) and sometimes we measure things in kilograms (kg). There is a sample lesson that will help them better understand how to use and read a scale. The teacher can show how to use the scale then provide separate scales in Google Docs for students to play around with or to use as a tool. Made with the Ontario Education Curriculum in mind.
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3rd - 8th
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Micro:bit remote temperature sensor data collection with progress bar
This lesson gets temperature sensor data from the built-in sensor. The lesson uses two Micro:bits. One collects temperature data and the other receives the data. The data is collected and saved to a comma-separated value file.The code uses the Micro:bit’s radio to transmit the data. Use this to discuss how radio technology works. Radio technology uses frequencies. Frequencies are measured in amplitude and modulation. Discuss how amplitude and modulation are used to send information like music an
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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What would Barbie Look like if she were Real? Part 3 and 4 - Body Proportions
Ever wondered what Barbie would look like if she were real? Now you can work with your students to find out!
Part 3
In order to save you and your students time, I measured various segments of Barbie's actual doll measurements. Students can use their measurements from Parts 1 and 2 of the Human Body Proportion Lab (available on TCP) OR measure their height or foot size to determine the SCALE FACTOR between their body and the doll's body. Using the SF, students will determine Barbie's measure
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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OLYMPICS PROJECT
Olympics. Physical Education. Mathematics.
Mathematics has never been so much fun!
Integrate PE and Math and challenge students to race the Olympic world champion sprinter.
Your students will be stunned to learn it is illegal for Usain Bolt to run at top speed in a school zone! His top speed is 27.44 miles per hour or 44 kilometers per hour!
Students will use ratios, rate, proportions and scale as they set out to race the famed Usain Bolt.
This is sure to be a hit in your middle school classr
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4th - 8th
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Math Customary to Metric Measure Conversion Problem Solving
The most effective means of evaluating student understanding is utilizing real-world applications of assessment through GRASPS. In this GRASPS assessment, students will train a new employee to work at their bakery. In the process they'll convert between units of measure within the Customary System. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please follow me to keep up with my sales, new resources, and freebies on TpT! Just click the ★ next to m
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3rd - 8th
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Expressions & Equations: Very Small & Very Large Numbers
What more exciting way to discuss very small and very large numbers than with outer space as the backdrop?Students will use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.Provide feedback and get TPT credit on future purchases:***Go to your My Purchases page. Click on the Provide Feedback button beside each purchase. You will be taken to a page where you can
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â 8th Grade Math Common Core Bundle: Lessons & Activities for the School Year!
Converting Units for Medicine Dosages
Students will go around the room to each "patient" (a stuffed animal) and based on the weight in pounds labelled on the patient they will need to calculate the correct dosage of medicine based on the card provided. Students will record answers and show work on the provided chart. Students must convert from pounds to kilograms for each patient before finding the correct dosage. A fabulous real-world application of how converting units is used in the medical field on a daily basis. Students st
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5th - 8th
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Building a House: Conversion, Measurement, and Area Unit
I developed this unit as an enrichment activity for the students that showed themselves as proficient in the standards and did not need to review before the state test at the end of the year. The students plan, design, redesign, and build the floor plan of a house to scale while proving that they met strict requirements. The advanced students said that they were challenged but that they had a lot of fun! This can be done in groups or each student can build their own house!
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5th - 8th
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Social Issue Project: Dangerous Dolls?
During this project, students will measure themselves, measure action figures/dolls, and scale up the doll proportionally to life size, based on their height. Then, they will trace themselves on a large piece of butcher block paper. On that same paper, they will sketch out the life-sized doll proportions and create a body outline of what the doll would look like if it were their same height. They should finish with something that looks terribly disproportionate. From there, you can have a debate
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6th - 10th
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Travel Agent Geography Activity -Latitude/Longitude, Distance/Direction EDITABLE
My students love this fun activity that requires them to demonstrate knowledge of latitude/longitude, distance/direction and other map skills. It is great as a review or summative assessment.Essentially, each student takes on the role of a travel agent. I use the following procedure, but this format is easily adaptable to your needs.1) Each student draws 5 latitude coordinates and 5 longitude coordinates. (A file with coordinates is attached and ready for you to cut out.)2) Each student w
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4th - 8th
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Fraction Division using String!
After a discussion of reciprocals, students work in cooperative groups to prove the fraction division algorithm by folding lengths of string into fractional parts. After practicing by dividing a whole number length of string, they divide a fractional string length into smaller fractional parts.
Aha Moment: When finished, students will have proven why the abstract concept of fraction division is equal to multiplying by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
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5th - 8th
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Discovering Pi
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This resource provides a guide for students to discover the ratio between circumference and diameter. The students will measure the circumference and diameter of various circles with a piece of string, then create a ratio and convert to decimal. I ask the students to bring in a circle from home previous to this lesson so that there are a variety of sizes for the students to practice on.
I use it as an exploratory lesson before I introduce pi so that the students can disco
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â 7th Grade Math Mega Bundle
Discovering Surface Area
Use this lesson to engage your students in calculating surface area in a real-world context.
Students work in teams to calculate the surface area of various packaging. This allows them to have something tangible to work with, and to see where the formula or other methods for calculating surface area come from! My students love this lesson, and often say it is what they remember most because it was hands-on learning.
This lesson/activity should be an introductory lesson to Surface Area. St
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6th - 8th
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Water Jug Bomb Defusal - A "Ratios" Ticking Clock Scenario
Water Jug Bomb Defusal is a great task to get students thinking and working in math teams to solve a fun problem. See how many solutions your students can come up with. My own students really enjoyed this task. An explosive (and positively cinematic!) good time for a Thinking Classroom. Enjoy!
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6th - 8th
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