Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Metric Conversions and Rates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Decimals in Measurement

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site gives information on the metric system, as well as abbreviations for metric conversion.
Activity
American Chemical Society

American Chemical Soc.: Best of Wonder Science: Measure Yourself in Metric [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Activities where students take turns measuring their height, the width of parts of the hand, and the distance jumped using metric units.
Activity
SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Tree Study (Lesson)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this fourth grade performance task, students measure tree leaves using metric units and make predictions about the length of other leaves on the tree. They also suggest other good questions they might ask about trees in the school...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Metrics in the Home and in the Store

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan site, learners will compare SI unit (metric) measurements of common household items and their English equivalents.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Robot Wheels!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students solidify their understanding of the terms "circumference" and "rotation" through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics components. They measure the circumference of robot wheels to determine how far the robot can travel during...
Website
Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Measures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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...
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Metric Length

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The different units used to measure metric length are described, with comparisons to real world objects. A wonderful number line also shows the relative sizes of things all the way from a quark to the universe in powers of ten.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Unit Reasoning Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit reasoning helps us make sense of measurements by converting between measurement units and making reasonable estimates. For the Praxis test, we need to know common measurement units for length, time, volume, and mass, as well as how...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Metric Conversions Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice metric length, volume, and mass problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Strolling With My Gnomies, a Measuring Game

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
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...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Give an Inch, Take a Foot

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice measuring techniques by measuring different objects and distances around the classroom. They practice using different scales of measurement in metric units and estimation. Also, students learn how measurement is used in...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Food Market: Centimeters and Millimeters

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Mila is comparing fruits at the fruit market. Join her on this adventure!
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Circles All Around Us

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will estimate several dimensions of circles in everyday objects. Students will use the metric and customary systems for their estimations. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...
Interactive
Other

Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...