LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 4

The learner will use appropriate tools and measurements to increase their ability to describe their world.

Objective 4.03

Use nonstandard units of measure to describe and compare objects.

Resources aligned to this objective

Exploring pumpkins
This lesson will allow students to use a variety of methods to explore pumpkins.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Angelia Braswell.
From dirt to dinner
This lesson serves as an introductory study of the plant world. The lesson allows students to study seeds, parts of plants, microclimates, and how to grow seeds into vegetable plants for harvest. Parents are encouraged to assist at home.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Glenn Bass.
Measure mania
Kindergarten students will measure using non-standard units. After several practices, students will compare measurements.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Hollie Humphreys.
Wonderful whales
Students will gain knowledge of whales: the kinds of whales, the characteristics of whales, and the habitats of whales. Math skills will be incorporated into the teaching facts about whales.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)
By Robin Moss.

Lesson plans on the web

Facing Up
Students create a map of their face and practice locating different parts using the geometric and measurement concepts they have learned in previous lessons. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Going Places: Looking Back and Moving Forward
This lesson helps the teacher determine if students have learned to link measurement and geometry to create maps and charts to show spatial relationships. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Helping Ladybug Hide with Arrows and Angles
Students use a Java applet to hide a ladybug under a leaf. This requires experimentation, planning, and understanding of spatial relationships and visual memory. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Look at those leaves!
Students observ attributes of leaves, group the leaves, and consider any patterns they see emerge. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mapping All of Me
Students use the knowledge and skills gained from previous lessons by placing yarn strips appropriately on 4' x 3' strips of paper and drawing around them to create a map of their body. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Measuring Me
Students use yarn to measure lengths such as arm span and height. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
My special place at school
Students use nonstandard units to measure a familiar space, record the results, and explain the process. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Shadows
This Science NetLinks lesson is part of a three-part series in which students observe the daytime and nighttime sky regularly to identify sequences of changes and to look for patterns in these changes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science and Mathematics)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science