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...

Download these free worksheets to sharpen your measurement skills. Sheets focus on temperature, conversion, area and perimeter, volume, and more.

The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...

As part of a larger site called "Getting started in Chemistry," this site examines the units of scientific measurement with specific attention given to SI base units, SI decimal prefixes, units outside SI, and more.

By the end of this section, you will be able to identify the components of gross domestic product on the demand side and on the supply side; evaluate how gross domestic product is measured; and contrast and calculate gross domestic...

Activities will enhance students' understanding of how to read the map scale and apply it to measuring distances between locations.

One of a series of lessons created to accompany the film The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, which explores the attempt by George Mallory in 1924 to reach the top of Mount Everest. His body was discovered 75 years later. In this...

From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter looks at the definitions of gauge pressure and absolute pressure, and how barometers work. It also discusses how blood pressure is measured. Includes...

Learning module with lesson plan in which students examine the topic of gun control and then deliberate whether current laws provide enough safety. They will hear a variety of points of view and read related articles on gun safety...

This resource explains the different measures of center, variability, etc. that are used to describe the spread of statistical data. Includes examples and practice exercises.

Today you will get an opportunity to conduct an assessment interview that will look at how well your students are measuring with inch tiles.

Using a broken ruler requires students to turn to addition and subtraction skills in order to determine measurements.

This lesson focuses on the addition measurement of perimeter using real world examples.

Expose your students to measurement with this activity containing four centers. Website includes a lesson plan as well a picture and video to implement the activity.

First Graders need to use direct and indirect comparisons to measure objects. Today they will use their new knowledge of dinosaurs to find the longest of the giant lizards.

As part of a larger site called "Getting started in Chemistry," this site examines various topics related to measurements and the error and uncertainty that accompanies the methods of measurements.

The following unit can be used to teach measurable attributes. Students will describe and compare two objects with a measurable concept in common using direct comparison. Included are necessary vocabulary, a scavenger hunt, and links to...

This site contains an extensive list of various units of measurement known internationally and across several disciplines. Unit symbols are also included.

This task could form part of a classroom activity where students are encouraged to find as many different ways as possible to make different fractions such as 1/12 and then share their methods. While measuring cups would be helpful to...

A detailed publication that explains how the government decides who is counted as unemployed and how they measure unemployment.

E learning text offers information on measuring income distribution with the Lorenz Curve. Site presents charts and data for one to use in order to construct or analyze a Lorenz Curve.

Students will begin exploring dinosaur' bodies by measuring them and comparing dinosaur size to their own size.

University of Regina senior education mathematics students compiled this this in-depth resource list for elementary and middle school grades. The resources are categorized according to: supporting program materials, print resources,...

A synopsis of Measure for Measure with background of the play, interviews, and history of past play productions. Includes downloadable teacher guide.