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Adult education measurement projects
Ratio Recipe Book Project
This activity uses the practice of ratios in every day living. Inside you will find 18 recipes chosen by my students, offered in various serving sizes. The goal is to have students create the recipes in ratios for larger or smaller groups of people. This exercise can also incorporate measurements and conversions (for cooking). Includes:• 18 recipes• 54 ratio/measurement problems• Tons of yummy food!
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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MS and HS Tech Lesson - Design Your Own Home!
Design Your Own Home is a fun, project-based activity introducing students to architecture and home design.Made for use with:PCMacChromebookAll resources are organized for assigning through Google Classroom!In this activity, students will explore and design a digital floor plan for their dream home! They will be required to place specific objects and layout, but the rest is up to their own creativity!Students in middle through high school can spend up to two 45-50 minute class periods working on
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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City Block Construction Project - Geometry
In this exciting project student create an entire city block using basic geometric shapes. Students have an option of creating a 3D model of the city or they can create a 2D template. This project can be differentiated in many ways. Students can hand draw the shapes or use a computer program like google drawing to construct a city block. • Teachers can choose what building to assign depending on the grade level.• Students can work independently or in a group.• Students can create building de
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Volume & Surface Area of Prisms & Cylinders Activity Project -Popcorn Experiment
Students will devour this engaging math experiment focused on comparing the volume of right prisms and cylinders while discovering the power of exponents in determining volume. Students will use perimeter, surface area, and volume to support their conclusions. Best of all, they can eat the results! You will love the power of flexibility with this student-driven activity. Rigor is high but student engagement is even higher! The purpose of the Popcorn Volume Experiment is to allow students to dis
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Fun with Geometry Activities Bundle – Project Based Learning with Math
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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Tiny Home Design Project
Covers many different standards and skills. Designing using proportions and scale drawings. Finding measurements, perimeter, area, square feet, and more. Online shopping to equate how much is actually needed for purchase. Google Sheet Calculation practice. Creating an Advertisement and giving a sale pitch to a shoulder partner with a self assessment and partner assessment.Comes with links to examples of each task to use in your classroom and slides to go along with the week-long lesson plan.My s
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Geocaching Project
Students learn about the global treasure hunt called Geocaching in the intro PowerPoint. The project has them build and hide caches on campus, and log their coordinates using several GPS devices that I have gathered through the years (I started with only 1 the first year).
The culmination of the project is to have each class period search for caches hidden by a different class period.
I also encourage students to create and account on geocaching.com, download the Geocaching Ap (available on t
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Engaging Students Through Capstone Projects
Capstone Project:
- A culminating experience calling upon students to utilize a vast amount of skills and knowledge learned throughout high school.
- The projects in this book will ask students to research a chosen topic, create their own experiment, analyze the results of this experiment, and disseminate the results of the project.
Why Do This Project?
- Consider Bloom’s Taxonomy - The expectations of capstone projects place students consistently in the highest levels of thought. Where does yo
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Measurement in 3D!: Area and Volume
This 6 part experiential activity investigates common 3 dimensional objects including:
Cones
Rectangular Solids (boxes)
Cubes
Cylinders
Spheres
This project has 6 independent activities with worksheets and so it lends itself well to small groups.
Through the course of this project, students will:
1. Measure 3D objects with common measurement tools (rulers, yard/meter sticks, tape measures, measuring wheels, strings, etc).
2. Use the linear measures to calculate and explore the connection
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7th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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DIY Backpack Sewing Pattern.
A backpack sewing pattern can be a valuable tool for educators in various settings, offering a range of benefits that extend beyond traditional lesson plans. Here's how a backpack sewing pattern can be helpful to educators:Hands-On Learning:Engages Students: Sewing involves hands-on learning, which can be more engaging and memorable for students compared to traditional teaching methods.Fosters Creativity: Crafting a backpack allows students to express their creativity, choose fabric patterns, an
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
STEM: Rockets - wind, water and chemical reactions (Science Forces)
When you purchase and download this resource, you will receive a 14 page booklet. It includes all you need to achieve success in teaching your children about rockets - focused on the forces of air, water and chemical reactions - using recycled materials and minimal resources.This project is aimed at developing both skills in STEM learning alongside team work skills, problem solving, cooperation and communication skills, within a meaningful scenario. The booklet includes:Cover PageContents and re
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1st - 5th, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â GEOGRAPHY MEGA BUNDLE: Plans, Escape Rooms, Knowledge Organizers, Activities
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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Micro:bit thermometer & thermostat
In the lesson, we are going to1. Create some code to display the ambient temperature in Celsius.2. Update the code to display either Celsius or Fahrenheit.3. Display a friendly icon when the temperature is in a comfort zone.4. Display a sad icon when the temperature is in an uncomfortable zoneUse the lesson for science explorations. Learn how microcontrollers in popular devices make decisions. Use this lesson as part of a unit on temperature and body temperature. There is a comfort zone where mo
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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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Applesauce Yield Lesson-Cooking Activity for Applied Math or Culinary Arts/FACS!
In this lesson, students work in small groups to make the concepts of yield percent, fabricated cost and cost per portion come to life. Also works with the whole class working together to make one pot of applesauce if you don't have access to enough kitchen equipment.
You can use any quantity of apples you like to make the lesson longer or shorter in terms of prep time.
If you haven't taught yields already, use my Yields slideshow to introduce the lesson and then follow up with this activity.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Micro:bit timer
we are going to work on a countdown timer. The timer will count down in seconds; it can be used for minutes too. We will develop an interface to set the timer value with the A and B buttons. The shake option will be used to reset the timer. We will include a countdown tone for those that have version 2 of the Micro:bit. This is a handy lesson for teachers or students that need a timer for class activities. Apart from being a useful class tool, it teaches several coding fundamentals.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Highest of Highs
In this activity students will work with the heights of 8 natural wonders (Mt. McKinley, Mauna Loa, Vesuvius, etc) and 8 made made wonders (Burj Khalifa, The Eiffle Tower, The Golden Gate Bridge, etc).
Students will develop their own scale measurements and graph their measurements.
This works best as a group activity.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Pi Day Lesson Plan
Help students discover Pi with a hands on activity.
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Complete Pi Day Lesson and PowerPoint
Complete Pi Day Lesson and PowerPoint
Help student discover Pi with a hands on activity, Pi facts, and Pi jokes
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
Planning a Road Trip
A project that has students plan a cross country road trip, use scales to find distances, find average miles per gallon for a set of vehicles, and choose the best vehicle for their family.
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
Pi Day PowerPoint
Pi Day activity, Pi facts, Pi jokes
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Complete Pi Day Lesson and PowerPoint
Tiny House Geometry Project
Students investigate the new trend of tiny houses and create one of their own using what they learn about Geometry.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dream Home
Your students will get to design their own dream home! Dreams come true!
As they design their own dreamland, students will get to practice mathematical standards including geometry, calculate area of various polygons while using correct units of measure, measurement conversions, etc.
Enjoy!
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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