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Handy Measuring Ratio
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In this activity, learners use their hands as tools for indirect measurement.
Measuring Rules
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In this math activity, learners create their own units of measurement by making noodle rulers. Learners practice estimating and measuring objects using the noodle rulers .
Caterpillar Measure
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In this activity, young learners use different-sized paper 'caterpillars' and various household items to predict and measure their height.

Digit's Cyber-Dough
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In this fun hands-on activity, learners whip up a batch of cyber-dough (play dough) using math for measurements.

Measurement: Million Dollar Giveaway
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In this math lesson, learners apply measurement skills to determine, in dollar bills, the capacity of a suitcase.
Stack-o-Pennies Shop
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In this math activity, learners pretend there is a special store that lets you pay for toys by their height in pennies.

Measurement: Bubble Mania
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In this math lesson, learners practice measurement skills as they examine a soap bubble print. Learners follow a recipe to make a soap bubble solution.

Serving Sizes
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In this nutrition and estimation activity (page 12 of PDF), learners estimate serving sizes of different foods and compare their estimates to serving size information provided on nutrition food labels
The Right Fit
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In this math activity, learners trace their hands and estimate the number of beans that can fit into their hand tracings. Then, learners glue the beans to the tracing to test out their estimations.

How Many Pennies?
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In this math activity, learners pretend there is a special store that lets you pay for toys by their weight in pennies.

Statistics: Whirlybirds
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In this math lesson, learners measure, predict and determine the frequency of an event as it relates to how close Whirlybirds land to a target.

Launch Altitude Tracker
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In this activity, learners construct hand-held altitude trackers. The device is a sighting tube with a marked water level that permits measurement of the inclination of the tube.

Globe at Night
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In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.

Not Just A Bag Of Beans
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In this activity, learners count and measure kidney beans to explore natural selection and variation. Learners measure the length of 50-100 beans.

Lungometer
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In this environmental health activity, learners investigate their own vital lung capacities.

Incredible Shrinking Shapes
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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.
Is It Possible: Estimating Measurement
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In this activity, learners will decide together on a question about how far, long or high the group could reach together.

Soccer Kicks
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Soccer Ball Kick) is a full inquiry investigation into transfer of motion.
Mix & Match Estimation
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In this activity, learners use their estimation skills to match the unmarked containers to their amounts.