Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Measurement Game
This interactive activity gives young students practice measuring lines with a ruler using centimeters.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Measures
A huge collection of teacher resources to aide in the teaching of all types of metric measurement: length, distance, mass, weight, capacity, and volume. Activities include measuring, estimating, converting, investigating, and finding...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Converting Metric and u.s. Length
Students convert between metric and customary units of length in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: Length, Area, Volume, Time
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.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Bus Station: Measurement
Students will complete a series of learning games to explore measurement such as length and volume.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide Unit Conversions & Problem Solving With Metric Measurement
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in unit conversions and problem solving with metric measurement.
University of North Carolina
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
This site contains an extensive list of various units of measurement known internationally and across several disciplines. Unit symbols are also included.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measure Twice, Cut Once
Young scholars learn the metric units engineers use to measure mass, distance (or length) and volume. They make estimations using these units and compare their guesses with actual values. To introduce the concepts, the teacher needs...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Metric Conversions Word Problems
Practice metric length, volume, and mass problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Metric Units of Length Review
Metric units of length (millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers) are reviewed and practice problems are provided.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Estimating Length (Mm, Cm, M, Km)
Practice estimating the length of real life objects using metric units. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Other
Pbs Mathline: It Takes Ten (Pdf) [Pdf]
A metric measurement lesson plan using grams, milliliters, and centimeters. This lesson plan offers a variety of "hands on" measurement activities using both the customary and metric systems. Additionally, this lesson plan offers...
Other
World Wide Metric Calculator
Do you need a quick conversion from metric units to imperial units or just the reverse? Use this resource for conversions of length, weight, pressure, and volume.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Metric Olympic Games (Intermediate)
This activity can be used to introduce the metric system to students.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom
Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Inferring Height From Bone Length
Explore the work of forensic scientists by inferring an individual's height from the length of certain long bones. Create bone/height relation charts and measure length using metric units. This activity was created to be used with the...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Metrics in the Home and in the Store
In this lesson plan site, young scholars will compare SI unit (metric) measurements of common household items and their English equivalents.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Length & Measuring With Fractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart involves investigating various lengths in Metric and US Customary. Students will work on finding lengths to the sixteenths. The flipchart can be used with Everyday Math, Unit 10.
The Math League
The Math League: Decimals in Measurement
This site gives information on the metric system, as well as abbreviations for metric conversion.
Other
Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Give an Inch, Take a Foot
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Math2
Math2.org: Weights and Measures
This resource provides information on weights and measures, including unit conversion tables.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Food Market: Centimeters and Millimeters
Mila is comparing fruits at the fruit market. Join her on this adventure!