Decide whether you want to measure in Standard or metric and at what level (i.e. inch, half inch or centimeter, millimeter) and begin practice. Computer will generate a line above the ruler and the player enters the length and checks for...

This site from the Math Forum is a great introduction to measurement for primary students. Each measurement activity has four components: interactive, manipulative-based project; technology; paper/pencil practice; literature connection.

Outlines the history of Canada's adoption of the metric system and its success today.

For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it's hard...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about making conversions between different types of units by negotiating with a trader at the crossroads. Practice exchanges with different measurement and currency systems in a simulation....

BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) is an international organization, located in France, an equivalent of our National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This site is the BIPM intro page to their official...

In this exercise, students practice converting metric units in word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

Solve word problems that involve converting between US customary measures of distance, volume, and mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

In this engaging instructional activity, 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....

Students learn how to measure things using US Standard Units. Liquids, mass, length, and temperature are explored. Practice problems are included.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers standard scientific units of measurement.

Solve word problems that contain multiple quantities that are measured in different units. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Find out all about measurement in this test prep lesson exploring English and metric measurement. Students can compare metric and customary measurements using the conversion charts, assess how much they have learned using the interactive...

This metric system tutorial is compared to the U.S. standard system so that students can comprehend the measurement of length, volume, mass and the like.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn how to use standard scientific units of measurement (SI units) in biology.

I can create things that have their own unique perimeter.

The official rules for using the SI (metric) system in the US, based on the National Institute of Standards. Must download their handbook.

Students will understand the law of conservation of energy and the transformation of energy from one type to another.

Mila is comparing fruits at the fruit market. Join her on this adventure!

This illustrated math lesson shows how important levels of accuracy in measurement are. The answer can be different since a scale only accurately weighs to the nearest tenth of a gram instead of to the nearest hundredth of a gram. Aligns...

This task provides a context for translating between different units.Aligns with 4.MD.A.1.

In this exercise, students practice estimating mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get step-by-step hints and try questions repeatedly. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and...

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.

Satellites communicate with a GPS device and establish the distance between them and their locations. The set of points at a fixed distance from a satellite form a sphere so when the GPS receives its distance from a given satellite, this...