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- Amazing amaryllis activities
- Students will use an amaryllis started from a bulb to explore the growth of the plant, measure, record and compare the growth of the leaves and the flower. They will enter the data on a spreadsheet and convert it into a graph.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics and Science)
- By Mary Rizzo.
- Area of solids
- Finding area of rectangular solids and cylinders by cutting them into flat pieces and adding the areas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics)
- By Dorothy Carawan.
- Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
- Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Luwonna Oakes.
- Does one cup of everything weigh the same?
- The student will predict whether one cup of everything weighs the same. Next, the student will estimate the mass of several cups of materials. Then, using a primer balance the student will find the actual mass of each cup of materials in grams. The students will order the cups from lightest to heaviest by mass.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Christy Bunch.
- Does your house measure up?
- This lesson is intended to be used as a final assessment of a student's understanding of an inch, foot, and yard. It will also assess their ability to use a yardstick, follow written directions, and work with a partner to draw a house on the school blacktop as part of a class neighborhood.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Cathy Searcey.
- Equal inches
- In this lesson, students will begin measuring with nonstandard units and discover the need for a standard unit of measure. Students will also learn to measure to the nearest inch using an inch ruler correctly and record their results.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
- By Charlene Martin.
- Float, sink, flink!
- In this lesson, students will learn to make things flink, meaning they neither float to the top nor sink to the bottom of a fluid. They will discover that whether an object floats or sinks depends not only on the properties of the object itself, but also on the properties of the fluid (either gas or liquid) in which it is situated.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Gallon man saves the day
- The "gallon man" is a graphic organizer that helps students visualize and remember the contents of a gallon. It makes conversions from pints to quarts etc., and it is very easy for students to use.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Jimmy Davis.
- Graphing and measurement go hand-in-hand
- Students learn how to use customary measurement using inches or centimeters and data collection and graphing simultaneously. Students will measure the length of their foot, arm span, hand span, or head circumference to the nearest centimeter or inch. Next they will collect and represent their data by constructing a graph.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)
- By Fran Toledano.
- "Hang" a time
- Students will create their own timelines in a simple "clothesline" format using newspapers as a resource for dates, times, and words for related events. Criteria will be simple at first to assure understanding but can be made more complex with subsequent activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Cora Mae Pipkin.
- How do chemists measure?
- In Why does chemistry matter in my life?, page 2
- In this lesson, students learn about metric conversion and scientific notation by completing a lab in which they mix a gold solution with a sodium citrate solution and observe the subsequent chemical changes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Lisa Hibler.
- How long is your smile?
- Students will use standard and nonstandard measurement to measure their smile.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
- By Julie Little.
- Life's percents
- Students will gather data from their own lives to use in calculating percents. They will measure parts of their bodies (head, leg, neck, etc.), complete a class survey that asks information about themselves, and use a pay stub to find percentages of deductions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Karen Mcpherson.
- Mass of maize
- Students will weigh different products made from corn to determine if a cup of each product has the same mass. Students will use measurement and estimation skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Julie Franklin.
- Measurement
- Children will work with a partner to measure their hands, feet, and smiles to the nearest inch and centimeter. Children will measure cut slips of different colored construction paper from 1 - 12 inches and graph into even-odd, shortest to longest, longest to shortest. Children will record their information, use the information to solve word problems, and create a number sentence.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
- By Ann Franklin.
- Measurement centers
- During a center-based activity groups of students will rotate around the classroom practicing non-standard unit of measurement concepts. In addition, they will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with measuring with rulers and will participate in a lesson about capacity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)
- By Amy Kershaw.
- Measurement mania
- Measurement Mania is a series of lessons that will actively involve students in several measurement activities. Students will gain hands-on practice while working within the classroom environment in small groups.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
- By Christy Brown.
- Modeling volume
- This activity helps the students see how the volume of something includes the third dimension (width or depth) which is different from area. This activity also helps the students "prove" that the volume formula actually works. Students will already know that the volume of a rectangular prism is found by multiplying the object's length, width, and height. By using the blocks as models of volume, the students should come to realize that volume can be calculated simply by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the rectangular prism. Thus, they will come to realize that there is no need to try and fill the entire box with the tiny 1cm cubes, they can simply fill the bottom (to see how many cubes are there) and figure out how many rows there will be and multiply.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- By Erin Foerster.
- Sizing up Sam the Scarecrow
- Students will integrate measurement as a math activity during "S" week as they talk about Scarecrows and the Season Fall.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Marsha Thomas.
- Soooooo tall!
- Students will build a figure out of Legos. There are two groups, and each group is competing with the other. Students build their tower of Legos as high as they can and then measure with a ruler or yard stick. The tower has to be free-standing so the children have to think of ways to keep the tower standing by itself.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)
- By Beverly Rose.
