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Don't Flip Out Over the Metric System
Students identify the most appropriate metric prefix to use. They describe the usefulness of a system based on tens. Students compare the metric system to the American system of measurement. They develop a metric flip book to use a...
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Measuring Natural Objects
Students predict the measurement of objects. In this measurement lesson, students estimate the measurements of objects in a lab. Students measure irregular objects and generate scientific observations.
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Place Value: Metric System
In this metric system learning exercise, students read about metric and place value relationships, examine some sample problems, and then complete 5 conversion charts.
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Unit Conversions
For this unit conversions worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 20 different problems that are related to various unit conversions. First, they complete each of the unit conversions listed in the left column. Then, students determine...
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Unit Conversions
In this unit conversions worksheet, students convert units such as kilometers, meters, centimeters, feet, hours, and minutes. Students complete 22 problems.
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Convert Standard Metric Units-Length
In this conversion worksheet, students convert numbers shown in greater units to smaller units. Answers are included on page 2.
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Measuring the Lengths Using Rulers
Why are there so many lines on a ruler? Scholars measure length on two rulers, one standard and one metric. They measure in inches, millimeters, and centimeters with the centimeter measurement including a fraction. Because these are the...
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Measuring Activities
Students measure using both metric and standard measures. They convert from one standard to the next while measuring distances in their home or classroom.
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Measurement
Learners explore the concept of measurement. In this measurement lesson plan, students discuss what specific measurement tools such as an odometer measure. Learners recite a measurement poem. Students make a foldable with conversion...
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Sports Bag
Lay it out using the least amount of material. Learners use the dimensions of a cylindrical sports bag to find out the size of pieces of material needed to sew them. The pupils find the best placement of the pieces to use the least...
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Addition of Metric and Standard Liquid Measurement
In this addition worksheet, students add amount of liquid measures in 40 problems. They add liters and convert the sums to milliliters. They add gallons without making a conversion. They enter the sums on-line and print the pages as needed.
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A Metric World
Middle schoolers convert English to metric units. For this math lesson, students give examples of measurements they encounter in their daily lives. The share their answers in class.
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Area, Perimeter, Volume Formulas
In this formulas worksheet, students write the area, perimeter, and volume formulas of 17 2D and 3D polygons. Students list properties of various types of triangles and the metric conversions for metric units.
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How Much Space Do We Have?
Census-takers view the Internet to find the total population of a city and its total land area. They work with different mathematical scenarios that involve populations and land area in their city. They complete math problems and unit...
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Shape and Space: Transformations
Students explore transformations. In this mathematical transformations instructional activity, students define quadrilaterals, convert centimeters to meters, and complete a transformations worksheet.
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Metric Capacity Problems
In this metric capacity activity, students solve 25 problems in which metric conversions are calculated. This was intended to be an online activity but can be done on paper.
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Scaling Down: Effects of Size on Behavior
Two activities explore the concept of size, especially small sizes down to the nano. Scholars practice determining volume, mass, and density and calculate exponential increases and decreases. They then predict and test the effect of size...
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How Big? Necessary Area and Volume for Shelter
Teams must determine the size of cavern needed to house the citizens of Alabraska to protect them from the asteroid impact. Using scaling properties, teams first determining the number of people that could sleep in a classroom and then...
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Conversions at Sea
Learners demonstrate problem solving skills. Students complete word problems requiring unit conversions. They convert both metric and standard units. Learners must determine necessary information to solve problems.
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Metric Measurement
Students use, read and write with metric units. They practice converting from larger to smaller units. Afterwards, they construct a scale drawing of a bridge. In addition, they construct these two designs, using the same scale of 1cm to...
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Conversion of Measurement
Students practice converting measurements using System Internationale (SI). (The metric system is now called System Internationale.) In groups, students measure various objects in the room using the SI system and the standard unit of...
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Let's Cook
Pupils practice converting measurements into metrics. In groups, they translate a recipe from English into German and convert all measurements into metrics for the recipe. They examine the difference between United States and metric...
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Units of Measure: Complete the Conversions
In this metric measurement worksheet, students practice their conversion skills as they convert 10 millimeter measurements to centimeter measurements.
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Units of Measure: Complete the Conversions 3
In this metric measurement worksheet, students practice their conversion skills as they convert 10 millimeter measurements to centimeter measurements.