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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Body Meter

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the measurement of a meter. They measure and compare the height of different people in the class. Students classify the measurements into categories of tall, short, and average while conducting class discussion...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making the Changes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the two chords of G/F in the 4/4 meter within the acceptable boundaries. They practice listening and performing the chords using the method of improvisation. Students also recognize the relationship of notes and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Listen to Music

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to, analyze, and describe music. They identify examples of music forms including such as motive phhrase, 4-bar phrase, canon, and rondo. In addition, they perform a dance called a partner mixer and model the pattern for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make a Dinosaur

For Teachers K
Students estimate the size of dinosaurs and create a dinosaur model. They create bar graphs of the sizes of dinosaurs one in meters and the other in "student" units. They draw a pictures and add words or sentences about their dinosaur.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making The Height

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply estimation techniques to determine how high any one basketball player can jump.
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Interactive
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Metric Prefix Memorization Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial makes the memorization of metric prefixes fun. Students can race the clock to see how well they have the prefixes memorized.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Cage to Save a Whale

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must estimate the measurements of Spout the Whale in order to find a cage that will fit him.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Give an Inch, Take a Foot

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice measuring techniques by measuring different objects and distances around the classroom. They practice using different scales of measurement in metric units and estimation. Also, students learn how measurement is used in...
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Interactive
Music Theory

Music theory.net: Simple and Compound Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of simple and compound meters, as well as explanations of the terms duple, triple, and quadruple. Plenty of illustrations accompany this terrific resource. By MusicTheory.net.
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Interactive
Music Theory

Music theory.net: Odd Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief definition of an odd meter. Use the arrows at the bottom to navigate. Provides illustrations and a printable chart.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Eiffel Tower: Length

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Measure up the lengths and sides of the Eiffel Tower with Juliette and read time to the minute.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Measuring Different Lanes on the Track

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca competes in her first track meet, but doubts the fairness of starting further back in the inside track lane for a 200 meter race.
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Metric Units and Measurement

For Students 3rd - 8th
This metric system tutorial is compared to the U.S. standard system so that students can comprehend the measurement of length, volume, mass and the like.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Adding Lengths in Meters

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video is a demonstration of how to add two different lengths in meters. The practice problems following the video involve adding two different lengths in meters.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Pictures Comparing Length in Meters

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video uses pictures to aide in comparing length in meters to answer a series of questions using the pictures and measurement lengths. The video is followed by a...
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Handout
Other

Metric Conversion Calculator and Charts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Metric Conversions offers online calculators for making conversions, downloadable tables in many types of metric conversion (pdf format), and free conversion tools to put onto your website or dynamic pages.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Meters (Grade 4)

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This learning module features three videos and a set of practice questions in which students measure and/or compare lengths of objects measured in meters.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Measuring Length in Meters

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a ruler to measure an object in meters. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess student comprehension of the...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Getting Life in Proportion: Scale and Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson learners will explore the use of pictures and maps to represent physical spaces. We will explore the concepts of scale and conversions between pictures, maps and real-world units. Conversions between kilometers and miles,...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Amazon River Boat Trip: Length

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Help Manuel to measure in centimeters and meters while preparing for a science class. Students can play games and then take mini-assessments to measure their understanding of the content.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: Area

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
On this interactive site students learn to calculate the area of a rectangle and to use the correct notation.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: The Race [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A challenge that combines skills in problem solving and logical reasoning. See if you can figure out who will win the race by determining the rate of speed of each runner. A one page activity from NCTM Math Challenges for Families...
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Converting Meters to Kilometers

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The learning activity reviews conversion from meters to kilometers. Students answer ten questions and can check their answers when finished.
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Lesson Plan
Middle School Science

Middle School science.com: Smile Metric Style Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan site, students will learn how to use a metric ruler to measure length, accurately read and record measurements taken in centimeters and millimeters, and collect and analyze data using a stem and leaf.