Curated OER
Chucky Chickadee: Bird and Breakfast Meet the Winter Friends
Students compare and contrast the attributes of winter birds. In this winter bird lesson, students examine the physical attributes of Black-capped Chickadees, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Flickers, Juncos, Nuthatches, and Tufted Titmouses as...
Curated OER
What's The Weather?
Students explore the role that remote sensing plays in predicting our weather. Students investigate weather websites, and read about the three kinds of clouds. Students record and draw their observations in science journals.
Curated OER
Oceans
Students become aware of the differences between ocean water and lake water by smelling, tasting and seeing. They distinguish between land and bodies of water on a globe and gain increased awareness of oceans and life.
Curated OER
Henry Builds A Cabin
Pupils listen to the book "Henry Builds a Cabin." They design a cabin using Lego pieces based on information from the story.
Curated OER
The Strongest Shape
Learners work collaboratively to design and construct a roof out of Legos for a house that was built in a previous lesson. The roof must be structurally sound and pass certain criteria determined by the teacher.
Curated OER
Birds of a Feather
Students investigate birds and complete a variety of bird-themed activities. They read books and observe birds noting their physical characteristics, development and life cycle stages.
Curated OER
Four Heroic Presidents
Students complete a series of lessons that explore the heroic qualities of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Students read books, participate in discussion, color pictures and complete worksheets.
Curated OER
Foods and Languages of the World
Learners review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Learners discuss the contribution of...
Curated OER
Rockets on a Shoestring Budgut
Students work together to create rockets on a budget. They discover the limitations that real engineers face when designing and testing their products. They discuss their findings to complete the lesson plan.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Measuring Lengths 2
In this exercise, students practice measuring lengths 2. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Measure Lengths 1
Measure objects with same-size length units without gaps or overlaps. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
OnlineMathLearning.com
Online Math learning.com: Compare & Measure Lengths
This source offers videos, solutions, examples, and songs to help kids learn how to order three objects by length and compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Measurement Teaching Theme
Measurement Teaching Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for the elementary grades.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Sheep Farm: Measurement: Length & Mass
Meet George who lives on an Australian sheep farm. Can you help him with some chores?
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Amazon River Boat Trip: Length and Time
Help Diogo measure length and tell time on analog clocks in this series of interactive exercises.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Animal Measurement Activity Plan
Animal Fun is here! In this week's adventure, Animal Measurement, children will explore measurement with the help of hermit crabs (investigating size correspondence by matching a hermit crab to its appropriate shell), beavers (visual...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Rice Field: Data and Length
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario of a rice field. Those skills include understanding information displayed in column graphs, collecting data to answer a question, and measuring...
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Measures
A huge collection of teacher resources to aide in the teaching of all types of metric measurement: length, distance, mass, weight, capacity, and volume. Activities include measuring, estimating, converting, investigating, and finding...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hop on Pop and Non Standard Measurement
This lesson is a hands-on, cross-curricular lesson for exploring non-standard measurement. It utilizes children's literature, manipulatives, opportunities for writing, and small group collaborative learning. Learners will meaningfully...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Comparing Lengths
In this exercise, students practice comparing lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Indirect Measurement
Compare the lengths of 2 objects indirectly by using a third object. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Order by Length
In this exercise, students practice ordering objects by length. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Order by Length
Practice ordering 3 objects by length. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Measurement Comparing Length Day 1
Fish Eyes is a math story, but it is not focused on length. I use this book to have the students compare the length of the different fish in the story.