PBS
Pbs Mathline: It Takes Ten Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students rotate from station to station completing activities involving measurement weight, length, and volume using metric measurement.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Tall Are We?
Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those students. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Tiles and Cubes and Clips, Oh My!
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.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Growing Bean Plants
Growing bean plants is a common science activity at this age. This task adds some rigor to the activity, by collecting actual growth data, providing practice for students in measuring and recording length measurements. Detailed...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Toilet Roll
Picture a roll of toilet paper; assume that the paper in the roll is very tightly rolled. Assuming that the paper in the roll is very thin, find a relationship between the thickness of the paper, the inner and outer radii of the roll,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Growing Bean Plants
In this lesson plan students will grow a bean plant and record the length as the plant grows.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Lines and Line Segments
A lesson to cover the standards about line segments. In this lesson, 2nd graders will measure and record the length of a line segment. Students will also compare lengths of a line but adding and subtracting line segments.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md How Big Is a Foot?
For this lesson plan students will determine how big a foot is using a book, tools, and attached worksheets.