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Two classroom activities useful for introducing estimation
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This unit includes a set of slides that can be used to introduce estimation in a class context. It includes some useful groupwork activities introducing estimation: (1) An activity in which students measure their thumb, handspan, and forearm to provide measurements useful for estimating; (2) a groupwork activity where students estimate the surface area of a towel in various models.
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