![]() Me asurement Conversions Cooking Lesson (baking vanilla cupcakes) Online Games ![]() made for the kitchen from Walmart or even a thrift store.Ĭapacity Relay Race– in this activity from E is For Explore teams race to fill a gallon of water with squeezing water from a sponge into a cups, emptying cups into pints, pints into quarts. You can buy teacher supplies such as the Classroom Liquid Measuring Set from Learning Resources (link below) for hands on measuring, but I think it is just as good and less expensive to buy measuring cups/spoons, containers, etc. Hands On Conversionsĭon’t underestimate the importance of working with different measurements in a hands on way. Measurement In Real Life is a free activity from Jennifer Findley using grocery ads to practice measurement conversions. ![]() Printable Rock, Paper, Scissors Conversion Game Muscle memory “trick” for remembering whether to multiply or divideġ0 free printable unit conversion puzzles Metric Length Madness lesson for 5th gradeĬonversion Excursion lesson for 5th gradeīrain Pop: Converting Metric Units Teaching Measurement Conversions Between Customary and MetricĪ Metric World from Discovery Education is a lesson for 6th-8th graders in converting between customary and metric units. Relationships in the Metric System is a Math Solutions full lesson plan for 3rd-5th grade Metric System Conversion Song from Number Rocks Math Antics Intro to the Metric System 11 minute video Tic Tac Convert ($2 on TPT) Graphic organizers for 4th/5th grade customary measurement conversion standards Teaching Metric Unit Conversionsįlocabulary: The Metric System- video, vocabulary cards, vocab game, read and respond, and quiz Using a Ratio Table to Convert Feet, Inches, and Yards Here are guided practice notes on converting customary measurement units (source:better ) Inches, Feet and Yards animated music video from NumberRocksĬustomary Measurement is a free 3 flap foldable for 4th-6th grade Video, vocabulary cards, vocabulary game, read and respond, and quiz. customary system to measure distance and length.įlocabulary: Capacity and Weight. Measurement: Distance and Length is a 20 minute video from Math Crush about using the U.S. has not adopted the metric system used in most of the rest of the world (and much easier to convert as it is based on ten like the rest of our number system!) The Smithsonian has an interesting article for teacher background knowledge on why the U.S. Other children’s books for teaching measurement. You can have them measure objects using their feet like in the book and then note the differences in the measurements using different students’ feet (as well as the teacher’s!) Here is a free complete lesson plan that includes printable activity sheets for grades 3-5 using this book from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. To help students understand the importance of having standard units of measurement the book How Big Is a Foot? is a great one. A seven question multiple choice quiz is available to take after watching the video.Īn additional option is Metric & Standard Measurement Systems, a 5 minute introductory video from NASA Connect. Study Jams Units of Measurement video from Scholastic is a quick 3 1/2 minute video which goes a little into the history of measurement units, compares the customary and metric systems and then addresses capacity, length, weight, mass and temperature. Introductory Activities for Units of Measurement All activities listed are free and have been tested for quality. ![]() Teaching measurement conversions does not need to be difficult if you use these high quality videos, books, lesson plans, activities, and printables.
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