National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Intro to Measurement for Primary Students
This site from the Math Forum is a great introduction to measurement for primary students. Each measurement activity has four components: interactive, manipulative-based project; technology; paper/pencil practice; literature connection.
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American Chemical Society
American Chemical Soc.: Best of Wonder Science: Measure Yourself in Metric [Pdf]
Activities where students take turns measuring their height, the width of parts of the hand, and the distance jumped using metric units.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Maximizing the Area of a Rectangle
This activity is adapted from one of the TI books. Students measure lengths and widths of rectangles and record for the class to see. Each group's rectangle has the same perimeter, but different areas. After a discussion, students make...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 1
This tasks gives a verbal description for computing the perimeter of a rectangle and asks the students to find an expression for this perimeter. They then have to use the expression to evaluate the perimeter for specific values of the...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Are We There Yet?
An interactive web lesson teaches students about estimating units of measurement. It also offers practice questions to test students' understanding of the skill.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Deformation: Nanocomposite Compression
Students learn about nanocomposites, compression and strain as they design and program robots that compress materials. Student groups conduct experiments to determine how many LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT motor rotations it takes to compress soft...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Calculating Rectangular Area
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad measures Judge Trudy's land claim by using tarps, fence posts and a grid made with rope.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Skate Off: Final Round, Inez vs. Rimm
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad learns what happens to the area of a rectangle when the shape enclosed by the perimeter changes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Tall Is Hagrid?
This activity uses data collection method for students to mathematically compute the height and shoulder width of the character Hagrid from Harry Potter. Students will measure their own heights and shoulder widths to come up with a class...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Skate Off: Round One
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad learns what happens to the area of a rectangle when the shape enclosed by the perimeter changes.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Comparing Regular and Irregular Areas
The CyberSquad proves that the area of Hacker's land is equal to the area of Judge Trudy's land in this video segment from Cyberchase.