Curated OER
How Do You Measure? Matching
In this matching worksheet, students match 10 measuring tools with the item that needs to be measured. They match a picture of a thermometer with a picture of a sick child or a picture of measuring spoons with sack of flour.
Curated OER
Robot Lesson
Students identify and use descriptive writing and measurement terms to describe a student-created robot. Then they construct robots of materials available and then use AlphaSmarts or Danas to describe the robot using only the dimensions....
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Measuring How Much Activity Plan
Measuring fun is here! In this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: A Tour of Measurement
Peruse a collection of lesson plans, resources and FAQ's about measurement at every grade level.
University of Hawai'i
History of an Astrolabe
This site offers a definition and history of the astrolabe. There are links for additional information and acitivities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Tools of Measurement
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of measurement and the tools that can be used to measure things, depending on the purpose, e.g., temperature, length, mass, angle, time, etc.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: How Long?
Students will investigate the attribute of length by using a common measurement tool such as snap or unifix cubes to directly measure objects in the classroom. Materials needed include various items to measure, a large set of cubes such...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!
This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....