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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Customarily Speaking and Measuring

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students will be using a hands-on approach to learning about length, capacity, and weight. This lesson contains a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video tutorial.
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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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: How Do You Measure Up? (With the Ti 10)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this activity, students measure weight, height, and length with the help of a balance, scales, rulers, yardstick, and tape measures. They use their TI-10 to find proportions and to round off answers to whole numbers.
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Interactive
PBS

Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
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Interactive
Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Platform Scale

For Students 6th - 8th
Students practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office. Five Gregs will drop on the scale to be weighed. Participants see how fast they can weigh the Gregs.
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Activity
Other

Sorico: Describing and Comparing Measurable Attributes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The following unit can be used to teach measurable attributes. Students will describe and compare two objects with a measurable concept in common using direct comparison. Included are necessary vocabulary, a scavenger hunt, and links to...
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Spring Scale Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test a spring scale using everyday items that can measure the weight of an apple. The objective of the lesson is to explore how scales work and to learn about...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: The International System of Units

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to identify the seven base units of the International System of Units. They will understand the commonly used metric...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Longer and Heavier? Shorter and Heavier?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will compare the length and weight of several pairs of objects to learn that weight and length are separate measurable attributes, and not always related.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A rei.c.6: Accurately Weighing Pennies Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This illustrated math lesson plan shows how important levels of accuracy in measurement are. The answer can be different since a scale only accurately weighs to the nearest tenth of a gram instead of to the nearest hundredth of a gram....
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Sand Babies (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this engaging lesson, students use a variety of measurement strategies in creating their own Sand Babies. Students explore standard and non-standard measurements, area, data collection and analysis, and graphing. Adaptations are...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Scale Weight of Green Glass

For Students 9th - 10th
A scale weight of green glass is in the form of a circle with a round base. It was used as a standard for measuring different weights.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Scale Weight

For Students 9th - 10th
The scale weight was used to weigh an amount of approximately 500 grams. It is engraved with the name of "Al-Qasim Ibn 'Ubaid Allah 'Aydi Muslim Ibn Al-'Arraf(Al-qasim Ibn ?aba?d Allah ?aydi Muslim Ibn Al-?araf)" and the date of 117...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: How Heavy

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will have fun learning about weights with this hands-on activity. Students will use a balance scale to compare the weights of two different objects. Recording sheets are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: What's It Worth? Thinking About Weights and Measures

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan on the system of currency used by the Akan people of Ghana and how it compares to systems used today.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Nova: How Big Were They?

For Students 3rd - 8th
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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Putting Robots to Work With Force & Friction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the concept of pushing, as well as the relationship between force and mass. Students practice measurement skills using pan scales and rulers to make predictions about mass and distance. A LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot is...
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: A Question of Balance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students work in teams to fill jars with a product that is uniform in weight or count. Lesson investigates how manufacturing engineers use weight scales and measurement to develop systems that can create consistent products.
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Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Weighing Fruits

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use the measuring scales to determine which of the three fruits is heaviest in each question. You may need to add or subtract the weights of other fruits to find out how much each fruit weighs!
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Wheeling It In!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In an open-ended design activity, students use everyday materials (milk cartons, water bottles, pencils, straws, candy) to build a small-scale transportation device. They incorporate the use of a wheel and axle, and lever into their...
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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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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Force of Friction

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In the first of two lessons of this curricular unit, students are introduced to the concept of friction as a force that impedes motion when two surfaces are in contact. Student teams use spring scales to drag objects, such as a ceramic...