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Investigation 1

ACTIVITY

How Far Can You Jump?

  • 1 Use each of the units to measure each of your jumps.

      A boy crouched down with his hands on the ground.

    a frog jump

    A girl with her hands in front of her and knees slightly bent.

    a rabbit jump

    Two children jumping, one with hands at each side and one with hands above the head.

    a kid jump

    A sneaker.      
    A craft stick.      
    A paper clip.      
  • 2 What do you notice about the length of your jumps?

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  • 3 Which kind of jump (frog, rabbit, or kid) was your longest jump? How do you know?

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  • 4 Did it take more paper clips or craft sticks to measure your longest jump? Why do you think so?

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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Coins, Number Strings, and Story Problems Unit 2 Attributes of Shapes and Parts of a Whole Unit 3 How Many Stickers? How Many Cents? Unit 4 Pockets, Teeth, and Guess My Rule Unit 5 How Many Tens? How Many Hundreds? Unit 6 How Far Can You Jump? Unit 7 Partners, Teams, and Other Groups Unit 8 Enough for the Class? Enough for the Grade?