Children will learn about and explore measurement to successfully design a dog house for his or her cutout paper dog. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or online game that encourages children to...

This interactive focuses on measuring objects using coins as units of measurement. They measure tools, trains, mice, and shoes.

Were off to get the measure, the wonderful measure of side! The students will identify the longest side of an object and measure its length with a variety of non standard units.

This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Young scholars use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Young scholars...

Blossom and Snappy discover a new window that Robbie put in the garage and decide to measure it. They discover the difference of standard measurement and non-standard measurement while making candies and during their visits to McDonald's...

In this lesson students will practice finding the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes with right angles and the appropriate units for measuring perimeter.

At the completion of this lesson, 3rd graders will understand how to compare the lengths of various objects. This lesson plan has detailed instructions that include pictures and videos.