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Berkshire Museum

The Three Life-Giving Sisters: Plant Cultivation and Mohican Innovation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Children gain first-hand experience with Native American agriculture while investigating the life cycle of plants with this engaging experiment. Focusing on what the natives called the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash - young...
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Pumpkin Predictions

For Teachers 4th - 7th
It's time for Halloween and math! Perfect for Fall, this simple worksheet provides a grid for young mathematicians to record their predictions about a pumpkin's height, stem length, diameter, circumference, and weight. After learners...
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Tree Measurement

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Measure a tree? Yes, measure a tree! Students get outside and measure a tree's trunk, crown, and height. Each group compares their answers to determine if any re-measuring is necessary. Once back in the classroom, students make bar...
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Tests for Parallelograms Multiple Choice

For Students 8th - 10th
In this parallelogram learning exercise, students examine the lengths of the sides of a quadrilateral.  They identify parallelograms.  This one-page learning exercise contains 13 multiple-choice problems.  This online...
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Tallest: Size Worksheets

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
In this size comparison worksheet, students must examine four different groups of pictures and determine which picture is the tallest in each group.
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Sizes Worksheet: Smallest

For Students Pre-K - 4th
For this size comparison worksheet, learners will examine three groups of pictures and determine which picture in each group is the smallest.
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Miscellaneous Word Problems 16

For Students 4th
In this miscellaneous activity, 4th graders complete multiple choice problems about height, money, and more. Students complete 15 problems.
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Length - Comparing Height and Length

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometry worksheet, students examine the height of 4 trees. They tell which tree is the tallest, make comparisons in 2 questions. They look at a picture of a pen, and a blue strip which they compare to the given units of measure...
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Let's Measure Trees

For Students 5th - 8th
In this trees worksheet, students show their understanding of measurement by solving 6 fill in the blank problems for distance, girth, and height.
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Using Math Concepts to Collect and Document Specimens

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine the length and width of leaf samples to the nearest millimeter and the circumference of trees. They participate in a discussion about the importance of collecting specimens carefully. They compile accurate...
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Graph Groups

For Students K - 1st
In this mathematics activity, students solve a number of problems by counting each shape and graphing the amount to the right in height. Then they circle the shape that appears the most often on the sheet.