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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measure Up! Capacity Chart

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students experiment with various containers to explore standard units of liquid capacity. They create a diagram to illustrate the liquids and units of measurement that each container holds. Each student is then challenged to compute...
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: A Tour of Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Peruse a collection of lesson plans, resources and FAQ's about measurement at every grade level.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Visually Comparing Capacity and Volume Three Containers

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to visually compare the capacity of three different containers.
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Other

All math.com: Us/metric Conversion Tables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Convert metric measurements to U.S. Measurements and the reverse, too. Easy to follow tables have sections for area, length, mass,temperature and volume.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Meet Mr. Gallon

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to Mr. Gallon, a graphic organizer for customary capacity measurement. It includes a story, songs, a PowerPoint, pattern for making Mr. Gallon, an interactive Mr....
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Drip Drops

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Figure out how much water you waste in a week in this exploration using your problem solving, measurement, and estimation skills. This activity is from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: United States System of Liquid and Dry Measures

For Students 9th - 10th
Unlike the British Imperial system, the United states uses two different systems, one for liquid volumes and one for dry volumes. Confusingly, these two systems share the units of quart and pint, which have different values. This site...