Fourth graders are introduced to the problem by weighing objects on the balance scales. Use weights in both pans. (If you don't have access to scales use 2 containers and a child acting as the balance.) They then listen to the problem...

Students participate in a paper folding activity that has them create a ruler for measuring to the closest 1/16th of an inch.

Students review estimation, measurement, fractions, decimals while familiarizing themselves with a new classroom at the beginning of the year.

In this unit, 3rd graders investigate one variable to see if they can make a paper plane fly farther. They use scatter plots to establish a possible relationship between variables then use what they have found to make a paper plane to...

Students take part in a variety of measurement tasks. Students measure the length of a slinky. Students work out how many slices of tomato will fit around the edge of a pizza. Students measure the label from a can accurately.

Third graders are introduced to the problem with a short discussion about parking. They then solve with a partner. As they work ask questions that focus on the strategies they are using to make the calculations.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are presented with images of containers of liquid, some of which may be wider or taller, and they must answer questions where they...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice visually comparing capacity using metric units.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students practice converting between the metric units of liters and milliliters. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [0:58] and a...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students practice converting between the mixed metric units of liters and milliliters into milliliters. Includes video demonstrating a...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students practice converting between the metric units of kiloliters, liters, and milliliters. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students practice converting between the metric units of kiloliters and liters. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [0:50] and a...

Get a visual and animated definition of the term "capacity" from LearnAlberta.ca's Mathematics Glossary.

Help feed the animals in the Wild Park. Do you know enough about volume and capacity?

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...

Students will complete interactive activities to explore measurement of length, volume, capacity, time, and averages.

This lesson will introduce young scholars to measuring weight, mass, volume, and capacity using metric and cutomary units. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.