Thirsty plants soak up every bit of a rainfall, but what happens to the rain that hits the roof? Calculate the amount of rainwater from your school's roof with an Earth science activity, which brings measurement skills, observation...

Explore the use of non-standard units for measuring volume with elementary learners. They fill a container and count the number used using cups, spoons, and bottles, build with blocks and count the number of blocks used, and compare and...

Do your students love sports? Do they love math and reading? If the first answer is yes and the second is no, a resource with sports-themed math and literacy games may change their minds! Learners move through stations to practice...

Gain practice converting between metric units of volume and mass. The class goes over the procedures for making the conversions as a whole. The strategy used here includes making charts that show the relationships between the...

Students practice using graphing tools to make tables, bar charts, scatter graphs, and histograms, using census data. They apply the concept of measures of central tendency, examine the effects of outliers. They also write inferences and...

Get out those protractors! Once geometers can identify obtuse, acute, right, and straight angles, get them to measure and draw their own. There are six boxes here, each with an angle measurement. Learners use a protractor to draw the...

Bring money and measurement together by practicing rounding decimals to the nearest whole number. Three sections prompt fourth graders to round to the nearest dollar, the nearest meter, and the nearest whole unit. Use this activity as an...

Do your third graders get nervous when working with larger numbers? Help them get some practice subtracting big numbers in different contexts. After working through twenty-two straightforward problems, four of which include units of...

In this surface area and volume instructional activity, learners solve and complete 3 different decomposing rectangular solids. First, they use the given formulas for surface area and volume to calculate the measurements of each of the...

How do you write a number in scientific notation? The handout and video provide an explanation on how to convert from standard form into scientific notation and vice versa. The resource also contains a short discussion about choosing...

Money and measurement are often expressed as decimal numbers. Here are 20 well-worded problems intended to put decimal numbers in a real-world context. Learners will add, subtract, multiply, and divide to determine the answer to each...

In this measuring length worksheet, students learn to use a rule to measure distances. Students measure the lines to the nearest centimeter. Students finish by drawing lines using a ruler and the given measurements.

In this measuring length worksheet, students learn to read a ruler with fraction measurements. Students then measure the lines to the nearest fourth of an inch and also measure them using a centimeter ruler.

In this math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding measurement of temperature and length. Students may view the correct answers.

In this measuring to the nearest half-inch worksheet, 4th graders solve 4 problems about measuring pictures on the page and common objects, then write the data in a chart.

Students compare and contrast objects according to their length. In groups, they travel to different centers in their classroom to participate in different sorting activities. They are introduced to how to use a ruler and reading the...

Students draw lines of certain lengths by using appropriate measuring tools. In this measurement lesson plan, students determine which measurement tools would be best to draw specific lengths to make a barn.

In this fractions and decimals worksheet, students express the given measurements as either decimals or fractions. Students learn to convert measurements.

Students measure the distance between two points.  In this measurements lesson, students read books about birds that migrate and measure the distances that each bird flies when it migrates.  Students discuss the information as...

In this fractions and decimals activity, students learn to express measurements using decimals and fractions for the pounds and ounce measurements.

In this measuring tools practice worksheet, students match the 5 items defined to the 5 correct tools of measurement listed.

Students discuss the word weight, how much they weigh and the conccept of heavy and light. They hear the story of measurement and the metric system. They work in groups and measure and record items found in the classroom and use a...

Students discover how units of measurement help people to categorize objects. In this measurement lesson, students discuss various units of measurement, use creativity to invent new possible units of measure, and learn the history of...

In this mixed measurement review worksheet, learners respond to 3 questions that require them to record measurements of various items.