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Olympics
Students rotate through a variety of Olympic activities and record their results. Teams rotate through stations and practice units of measurement.
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Making It Balance
Students listen to story, "The 100-Pound Problem," compare their weight with character in story, and weigh different classroom items using nonstandard units and standard units. They experiment with different items that can make scale...
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One Centimeter
In this centimeter worksheet, students read about and view examples of length in centimeters, then draw lines shorter and longer than 1 centimeter. A website reference for additional activities is given.
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Car Maze competition
Students use graphs to calibrate an RCX car. They must then program the car to traverse a maze using their calibrations
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Hop To It!
Students explore the aspects of a frog's anatomy that allow it to be such a good jumper and jump and record the length of each jump to determine which style of jumping allows them to jump the farthest.
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Rubber Gardens
Students recycle discarded automobile tires and create gardening sites for limited space areas.
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How big is a whale
Students research the size of whales using print books or the internet. Students do the research in groups. They compare and graph the results.
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Penguin Heights
Young scholars use the worksheet from the first website listed below to collect data on the penguin heights on the Penguin Page.
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A thousand seconds
Pupils use seconds, minutes, and hours. They then discuss the size of a thousand. After that they read time in digital or analogue form.
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Nutrition: A Thematic Unit
Young learners explore nutrition and the food groups in these two mini-lesson plan ideas. First, kindergarteners have a discussion about their health and how different foods contribute to it before making their own personal food pyramid....
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Look Ma! I'm a Rocket Scientist!
Students use a ball to push and pull to demonstrate the concept of force. In this force lesson plan, students talk about the importance of force in space and use balls to demonstrate this phenomena.
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Numbers in Art
Students choose a number from one to twelve and tell a number story about it. They listen to the teacher read "Numbers in Art" by Lucy Micklethwait. Students choose three numbers from one to twelve and view works of art while looking for...
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A World Of Matter
First graders complete a variety of experiments with solids, liquids and gases. They read books about matter, identify the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases and the sort and classify a variety of matter. Students make...
Math Aids
Math Aids: Measurement Worksheets
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to measurement. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Intro to Measurement for Primary Students
This site from the Math Forum is a great introduction to measurement for primary students. Each measurement activity has four components: interactive, manipulative-based project; technology; paper/pencil practice; literature connection.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Pictures Comparing Length in Meters
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video uses pictures to aide in comparing length in meters to answer a series of questions using the pictures and measurement lengths. The video is followed by a...
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...
Other
Link to Learning: Measurement
Link to Learning is a site popular among Ontario teachers. This collection of sites addresses some of the Measurement expectations in the Ontario Math curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 8.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Measuring Length in Meters
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a ruler to measure an object in meters. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess student comprehension of the...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: All About Measurements
A complete tutorial that explains time, metric system, mass, length, volume, and temperature. Interactive practices and challenge games are included.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Measuring Metrically With Maggie
Metric units for volume, mass, length and temperature are explained to a cute little alien called Maggie. There are lots of real life examples for comparison that younger children will understand.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: Converting Meters to Kilometers
The learning activity reviews conversion from meters to kilometers. Students answer ten questions and can check their answers when finished.