This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....

It's getting buggy! Students use unifix cubes as their non-standard measurement tool.

Today students will focus on the idea that measuring an object using different length units will result in different measurements.

Made to measure! In this instructional activity students will be able to use the transitive principle for indirect measurement as they compare the lengths of the objects to each other.

Bill Murray called it "Baby Stepping" but today we will be student stepping. The students will measure 8 different lines using their own feet!

Third graders apply measurement, graphing, and data skills to the real world context of physical education with standing jumps.

The tradebook, Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen, is an excellent tool in teaching measurement. Students will engage in activities involving different types of measurement. In the story, five animal friends decide to take a boat ride....

First graders continue to measure floor strips with a choice of three different units.

Work with students to identify and understand the tools used to measure weather and how they're used.

Move over Van Halen because today we are all going to "Jump." So go ahead and jump as students solve an assessment piece and story problems involving jump lengths. If you are under 30, please Google Van Halen before proceeding.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the scientific implications of measurement, and learn about system international metrics, dimensional analysis, scientific notation, and more.

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...

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.

Questions related to osmolality and colligative properties for the MCAT are provided on this site.

Sixth graders will be working with rulers to measure real life objects along with manipulating a ruler in a Smart Board activity!

Learn about the angle measure of an arc with this handy reference tool. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.

This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of indirect measurement.

What is an atlatl? Learn how this Aztec dart throwing tool can be used to teach learners such things as distance, radius, and linear and angular velocity. Curriculum strands are provided for each of the many lesson plans for students...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about how radioactive particles decay. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

What good fishing trip isn't without a good story or two? Today the students will solve comparison story problems involving different lengths of fish.

Perimeter is all around us!

M&M's can be used to create a unique data set and can be graphed by students

In this instructional activity students will decide mathematically how large Hagrid, from the Harry Potter series, is through their reading of persuasive techniques.