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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Metric Units of Measurement

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to metric units of measurement then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Exploring Multiplication

For Students 4th Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in exploring multiplication.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Metric System Basics

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Assess height, weight, and volume using metric measurements. This interactive exercise touches on place value and focuses on the prefixes associated with metric measurement.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Singing Angels: Measurement: Volume and Speed

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Students will complete interactive activities to explore measurement of length, volume, capacity, time, and averages.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: Length, Area, Volume, Time

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
On this interactive site students learn to estimate lengths and distances using kilometers, explain the difference between perimeter and area, and measure the volume of a 3D object by counting the cubic centimeters.
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Activity
Disfruta Las Matematicas

Disfruta Las Matematicas: Medida

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit could be used as supplementary material for a topic on measurements. It has good examples with illustrations and some interactive activities.
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Handout
City University of New York

Cuny: The Size of Things

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the metric system and where cells fit into the scale of sizes.
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Handout
Colorado State University

Metric Numbers to Remember

For Students 9th - 10th
Look to this site for many important numbers and conversion factors used between the metric system and the customary system, such as speed of light, body temperature, distance from sun to earth, plus more.
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Handout
Colorado State University

A Chronology of the Si Metric System

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Metric Association offers important dates in the history of the metric system of measurement, including the fact that Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal-based measurement system for the United States in 1790. Site includes...
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic News: Week of 4 1 13: Is the Kilogram Gaining Weight?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A metal cylinder used for setting the international standard of the kilogram has been slowly gaining mass over the years. This article describes the impact of that mass gain and what scientists are doing to shrink it back to size.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Metrics in the Home and in the Store

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson plan site, students will compare SI unit (metric) measurements of common household items and their English equivalents.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Metric System

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan familiarizes students in grades 4-6 with using the metric system and performing conversions.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Metric Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
The system of metric numbers is explained with numbers from the infinitesimally small to unfathomably large. Charts listing the numbers by powers of ten make the system easier to understand.
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Decimals in Measurement

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site gives information on the metric system, as well as abbreviations for metric conversion.
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Activity
The Math League

The Math League: Length

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives conversions from metric to metric as well as providing abbreviations for each.
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Mass

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives conversions from metric to metric as well as providing abbreviations for each.
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Volume

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a definition and standard unit of volume. It also has conversions from metric to metric as well as providing abbreviations for each.
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Activity
Other

Science Made Simple: Temperature Conversions

For Students 9th - 10th
Science Made Simple allows you to type in temperatures you want converted from one measurement scale to another.
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Activity
Other

Conversions for Weight Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site allows you to convert weight/mass measurements. For example converting tons to grams. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units
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Website
Other

Wfp Consulting: Si Navigator

For Students 9th - 10th
A commercial site which has links to many SI/metrics sites. It gets you to a host of sites. Don't hesitate to use it for research.
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Other

St. James Public Schools: Measurements and Metrics

For Students 4th - 6th
Test your knowledge of measurements and metrics by taking this ten-question self-scoring practice quiz.
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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, young scholars 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.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Measurements and Prefixes: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the prefixes used in the Metric System. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Measurements and Prefixes."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Measurements and Prefixes: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the prefixes used in the Metric System. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Measurements and Prefixes."