Curated OER
Size Riddles
Young scholars investigate shapes and sizes by creating a riddle. In this geometry lesson, students read one of two books and investigate facts about an object's size. Young scholars write a riddle using the facts they have...
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Finding the Sum of the Exterior and Interior Angles of a Polygon
Students find the sum of the angles of a polygon and construct a polygon given the number of sides. In this polygon lesson plan, students draw large polygons on the floor of the room. They measure the length of each side and the interior...
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Geometric Applications
In this geometric applications worksheet, students find the length of a missing side of a right triangle. They determine the perimeter of a polygon and find the distance between two lines. This two-page worksheet contains 28 problems.
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Area Unit
Students solve the area for parallelograms,squares, rectangles, trapezoids, and triangles. In this geometry lesson, students compare and contrast two dimensional shapes and apply their properties to solving real life scenarios. This is a...
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US Metric Units - Length
In this units of length worksheet, 3rd graders convert from the smaller unit of measure to the greater one. They convert inches to feet, feet to yards, feet to miles, and inches to yards, in 10 fill in the blank problems.
Curated OER
Measuring Length
In this length worksheet, students choose the answer that shows the closest length of an object, 2 total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 5 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 4)
A set of 49 cards can enhance fourth graders' math vocabulary. It provides a pair of cards on each sheet, one with the word printed in bold text, and the other with the definition of the word. Topics of the cards include mostly...
101 Questions
Wedding Cake Ribbon
Customers often want ribbon around fancy cakes, but how does a baker know how much ribbon to buy? Scholars view a cake with multiple layers in different geometric shapes. They must figure the perimeter and circumference and add them...
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Shrink Me!
The incredibly shrinking meter—decimeters to centimeters, to millimeters, and now to nanometers! Learners may have a difficult time visualizing particles on a nanoscale. Help them see a little clearer using a well-designed lesson...
CK-12 Foundation
Add and Subtract Decimals with Front-End Estimation: Wooden Beams
A six-question interactive tasks mathematicians to solve addition and subtraction problems using front-end estimation. Question types consist of multiple-choice and true or false. A set of wooden beams that can be measured using moveable...
Civil War Trust
Map the Civil War
Mapmaking was a very important element in successfully planning attacks on enemies during the Civil War. Guide pupils through the process of pacing to find the average length of their steps, measure the distance between one object...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Explore Customary Units of Length - Practice 12.1
Give pupils a ruler and this worksheet so that they can practice measuring down to the quarter inch! Drawings of six various objects are depicted for them to apply their measurement skills to. The assignment concludes with one...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Length and Perimeter
Third graders explore tessellations and the spatial concepts used in creating them. In this tessellations lesson plan, 3rd graders rotate, reflect and transform shapes to create tessellations. Students become familiar with...
Curated OER
Measurement of Objects Using Similar Triangles in The Plane
Students use similar triangles and a sight tool to find the height and distance between large objects. For this similar triangles lesson plan, students use a constructed sight tool to measure the distance and height of an object using an...
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Measuring Up on the Mayflower
Second graders use a meter tape to compare the length of the Mayflower to a basketball court and make homemade butter for crackers. Afterward, all students sit inside the makeshift Mayflower's dimensions and enjoy their Pilgrim butter.
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Dance and Math
Second graders examine human body movements by measuring the choreography of a dance. In this physical education activity, 2nd graders participate in a creative dance which is based on specific movements of each limb, which...
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Metrics in the Home and in the Store
Students investigate metric measurement. In this geometry lesson plan, students discover metric measurements of everyday objects as they compare them to US measurements.
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Inches and Feet
In this inches and feet worksheet, young scholars, with a partner, estimate and measure the answers to five word problems dealing with inches and feet.
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Round About Measurement
In this circumference measurement activity, students make a plan for measuring around objects. Students estimate and then measure around a trash basket and pencil holder. Students write if it is easier to measure around an object or a...
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Measurements in Quilting
Student measure the length of the sides of rectangles and squares using inches, feet and yards. They determine perimeters of rectangles and squares. They then determine areas of rectangles and squares.
Student compare measurement of...
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Measuring With a Ruler
In this home school support worksheet, 2nd graders review the process of measuring with a six inch ruler with a home support person. They practice by measuring small items around the house to the nearest inch.
Curated OER
How Do You Measure Up?
Students explore the concept of measurement, modelling the increments on a standard ruler using cubes and grid paper. They identify the length of a line to a designated standard unit and measure specified body parts.
EdHelper
Length and Weight
For this measurements worksheet, learners study the illustrated pictures in the 8 sets of problems. Students compare the pictures by length or weight.
Curated OER
Geometry - Measurement
Students review the procedure for determining appropriate types of measurements for given situations and measurement conversions. They figure perimeter, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.