Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8
Measuring a Million
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Through riddles and cooperative learning math activities, students work through problems to calculate and visualize millions and billions of things and people.
Students will be able to:
- Solve one of four math problems in a cooperative learning group which requires them to measure distance, area or volume of millions (and billions) of items or people.
- Solve riddles illustrating the difference between million and a billion.
Features of This Resource
- Students practice 1D, 2D and 3D measurement
- Opportunity for authentic learning as students connect their findings with the real-world
- Collaborative problem solving in small groups
- Mapping component provides a geography connection with this real-world math activity
How Do I Get This Lesson Plan?
This lesson plan must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.
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