University of Houston
University of Houston: Measurement Teacher Activities: Length Lessons
This lesson plan offers an opportunity for students to learn to measure length by fractions of an inch, inches, feet, yards and also change one unit of length to another.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Why Do Elephants Have Big Feet?
Explain how an organism's adaptations give it advantages in particular environments. Calculate and compare the amount of pressure exerted by the foot of an elephant and a human, and apply that knowledge to an understanding of automobile...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Cubic Yards Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate cubic yards volume for a variety of different areas. Enter measurements in US units or metric units. Calculate volume from your measurements in inches (in), feet (ft), yards (yd), centimeters (cm), or...
Science Made Simple
Science Made Simple: Area Measurement Conversions
This site allows you to type in an area of measurement you want to be converted. The site converts it for you!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplying Lengths English Units
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice solving problems involving length.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Us Standard Lengths
Students learn how to measure length using US Standard Units. Practice problems are included.
Science Made Simple
Science Made Simple: Online Metric Converter
Practice converting English units of measurement to metric units using this tool.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: On Track Unit Conversion
Students use three tracks marked on the floor, one in yards, one in feet and one in inches. As they start and stop a robot specific distances on a "runway," they can easily determine the equivalent measurements in other units by looking...
California State University
Csudh: Chemistry: Converting Distance
Convert distance measures between the English (inches, feet and yards) and metric (mm,cm,meters,km). It is intended to help with both your math skill and your understanding of the metric system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Reptiles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What reptiles can you name? Snakes, alligators, and crocodiles are all reptiles. Modern reptiles live on every continent except Antarctica. They range in size from...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Estimate Lengths
Sal estimates lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints.
PBS
Pbs: Logical Leaps: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a flea-jumping contest. Place each contestant's jump, represented by either a fraction or a decimal in both feet and inches, at the correct point on the vertical number line....
PBS
Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping frog competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the frogs in the correct range from 0 to 5 on a number line. The fractions,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a flea-jumping contest. Place each contestant's jump, represented by either a fraction or a decimal in both feet and inches, at the correct point on the vertical number line....
Other
Science Made Simple: Area Conversions
This site, which is provided for by Science Made Simple, allows you to enter an amount into an area conversion calculator.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Sand Babies (Pdf) [Pdf]
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...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Where Would It Be?
A lesson plan to help conceptualize fractions as numbers. Students work to see fractions as a part of a whole and a length.
Other
Nanozone: Nanoconverter
Use the nanoconverter to convert inches, feet, or miles (or millimeters, centimeters, or meters) into nanometers.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Height to Weight Ratio
A student asks Dr. Math, "If I have a friend that weighs 155 pounds and is five feet, four inches tall, what is his height-to-weight ratio?" Find out how Dr. Math solves this problem and get a better understanding of the concept of ratio.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Zealand, 1904
A geo-political map of New Zealand current to 1904, showing major cities, railroad lines, and navigable rivers. Physical features include mountain ranges with elevation measured in feet, major rivers and watersheds, and the 100-fathom...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sphinx
Sphinx is a Greek word signifying 'strangler,' applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian origin, having the body of a lion, a human or an animal head, and two wings. Various other combinations of animal forms have been called by...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1890
A map from 1890 of the United States showing physical features, and annual mean temperatures and rainfall. The map shows high mountains and lower ranges, watershed division boundaries, rivers, lakes, coastal features, and is color-coded...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Climate and Watersheds of the United States, 1868
A map from 1868 of the United States showing physical features, mean annual temperatures, rainfall distribution, watersheds, and principal products in the area. The average annual temperatures are shown by isotherms, with temperatures...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Estimating Length (In, Ft, Yd, and Mi)
Practice estimating the length of real life objects using US customary units. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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