Curated OER
Measurement
Students explore the concept of measurement. In this measurement instructional activity, students discuss what specific measurement tools such as an odometer measure. Students recite a measurement poem. Students make a foldable with...
Curated OER
Baseball Math
Fifth graders complete activity pages. In this operations and problem solving lesson, 5th graders use the Internet to gather baseball statistics, solve problems and convert units.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Dimensional Analysis
This activity explores dimensional analysis, the process of converting one unit into another.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Converting Units
This resource provides a description and examples of how to convert between two units.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Convert Units Word Problems (Us Customary)
Solve word problems that involve converting between US customary measures of distance, volume, and mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Converting Units: Lesson 3
This lesson will describe how to convert from unit to another in the Metric System. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Converting Units."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Converting Units: Lesson 5
This lesson will describe how to convert from unit to another in the Metric System. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Converting Units."
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Measurement: Metric Conversions
This lesson plan has a game to help students convert to various linear metric units and learn their abbreviations.
Math2
Math2.org: Weights and Measures
This resource provides information on weights and measures, including unit conversion tables.