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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Tools of Measurement

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of measurement and the tools that can be used to measure things, depending on the purpose, e.g., temperature, length, mass, angle, time, etc.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Measuring How Much Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Measuring fun is here! In this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Why Do We Need Measurement Tools?

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson will explore the need for standard measurement tools. It will engage the learners and promote critical thinking and reasoning. This is a lead in lesson to conversions. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....
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Starfall

Starfall: Measurement

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This interactive focuses on measuring objects using coins as units of measurement. They measure tools, trains, mice, and shoes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Uncertainty in Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online lesson students will learn to distinguish between accuracy and precision in measurements and to also calculate the percent error of a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measurement: Appropriate Tools for Metric Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate tools and metric units for given items and measurement situations.
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Other

Science4 Us: Science Tools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Tools module introduces students to the tools scientists use for both qualitative and quantitative observations. Students learn to use tools such as their senses, rulers, and balance scales through hands-on activities.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Introduction to Non Standard Measurement

For Teachers K Standards
It's getting buggy! Students use unifix cubes as their non-standard measurement tool.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Strolling With My Gnomies, a Measuring Game

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Decide whether you want to measure in Standard or metric and at what level (i.e. inch, half inch or centimeter, millimeter) and begin practice. Computer will generate a line above the ruler and the player enters the length and checks for...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Using Different Units to Measure Day 1

For Teachers 1st Standards
Today students will focus on the idea that measuring an object using different length units will result in different measurements.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Measuring With Quarter Inches

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders build measuring skills using quarter inch measurements.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Indirect Measurement

For Teachers 1st Standards
Made to measure! For this lesson students will be able to use the transitive principle for indirect measurement as they compare the lengths of the objects to each other.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Measuring With Student Steps

For Teachers 1st Standards
Bill Murray called it "Baby Stepping" but today we will be student stepping. The students will measure 8 different lines using their own feet!
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Assessing Measurement Techniques

For Teachers 1st Standards
Today you will get an opportunity to conduct an assessment interview that will look at how well your students are measuring with inch tiles.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Broken Ruler Measurements

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Using a broken ruler requires students to turn to addition and subtraction skills in order to determine measurements.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Use a Non Standard Unit to Measure

For Teachers 1st Standards
In this lesson students will use color tiles to measure classroom objects.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Standard and Non Standard Units of Measurement

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Understand the measurement process and the need for standard units.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Winter Olympics: Non Standard Measurement

For Teachers 1st Standards
We are going for GOLD! Students will use different objects to measure the length achieved in different Olympic events.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Jumping Into Math, Measurement, & Data Day 1

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders apply measurement, graphing, and data skills to the real world context of physical education with standing jumps.
Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Do You Measure Up?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game gives you a variety of measuring tools and measuring opportunity. For this game of chance you choose the correct tool for the job that needs to be measured. Everything you need for this game is listed and/or...
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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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Teaching Measurement: Literature and Manipulatives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The tradebook, Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen, is an excellent tool in teaching measurement. Students will engage in activities involving different types of measurement. In the story, five animal friends decide to take a boat ride....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Easy Equivalent Measures

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Easy Equivalent Measures is an exciting, engaging instructional activity that will make this unpopular, hard skill EASY for your young scholars. We will use Input/Output charts to demonstrate our knowledge of equivalent measures. This...

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