How Do I Measure Up? (Intermediate)

Teach the basics of measurement and conversion with a five-lesson resource that builds an understanding of proportion and measurement conversion from elementary through high school. Initially, young scholars use ratios to determine soup...

Students explore measurement units by completing a math worksheet. In this human body measurement lesson, students read the book How Do You Measure Up and practice measuring their limbs, head and other parts of their body with standard...

Begin by exploring nonstandard units of measurement, and proceed through the use of metric units, focusing in on mass. Learners use three different types of scales for measuring mass: a triple beam balance, an equal arm balance, and an...

The introduction to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the finale of his Symphony No. 4 provide young musicians with an opportunity to investigate the music elements composers employ to develop the themes they want to create. They compare the...

Fifth graders examine ways to save and spend money. They look at ways that people earn, save, and spend money using chapters from Tom Birdseye's Tarantula Shoes. They add and subtract decimals to fill in a worksheet entitled, "Is It a...

Art teachers, are you looking for a quick and easy way to explain how to choose colors, look no further. This power point is very simple, it provides examples of primary, secondary, intermediary, complimentary and triacic colors by...

Measure how well you know how to measure angles. Learners learn how to measure angles using a protractor. They watch a video that walks through a couple of examples of determining angle measures.

Young scholars use a protractor to measure angles. They classify angles by type: right angle, acute angles, and obtuse angles. Students build and draw right, acute, and obtuse angles. They discuss how do people in various professions use...

Here is a great real-world problem that kids will really connect with. A conversation between two boys about doing 360s and 180s while skateboarding sets the stage for the lesson. Learners are shown how rays are used to measure full and...

Area=length x width. Locate the value of the length of the rectangle and locate the given width and plug them in to solve. Don't forget to include the units and multiply them too. This three-minute video can be watched at home to review...