Curated OER
What Unit of Measurement?
If you're measuring a bicycle, would you use inches, feet, or yards? What about when you measure a shoe, or a flagpole? Explore measurement with this instructional activity, which prompts third graders to use their critical-thinking...
Curated OER
Pounds and Ounces Reteach 18.3
In this pounds and ounces worksheet, students estimate the weights of 4 common objects. Students then weigh each object on a balance scale and record the weights.
Curated OER
Estimating And Measuring Weight: Grams And Kilograms
In this measuring worksheet, students will estimate the weight of 10 objects and record information in grams and kilograms. Then students will weigh the objects and record the actual weight to complete a table.
PBS
Pbs Nova: How Big Were They?
Use the virtual scale to find out how much the Egyptian Obelisk weighs in elephants. Also, learn other interesting facts about the obelisks.
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Math Solutions: Free Classroom Lessons: Bulging Backpacks [Pdf]
In this sixth-grade lesson, students estimate the weight of their backpacks and construct scatter plots of actual versus estimated weights.