Skills and concepts related to measurement are easily tied to real-world situations, making their value clear to our students. The ability to measure with the appropriate unit is used throughout our entire curriculum. This basic learning tool helps connect the world of math to every other facet of our lives. Whether you're doing science, or geography, or literature, or art, measurement skills become an important part of the task. Spaghetti and Meatballs for All , by Marilyn Burns, provides an easy example of the place of measurement in our daily lives as well as a connection to literature.
Materials are usually very accessible, and the lessons are easily completed.
This site could be used directly by students or as a reference by the instructor. It looks at the history of clocks, calendars, and scales. Seven different variations of this game are presented for the student. In each case, the student measures different items in inches or centimeters. This site provides six lesson plans on different facets of measurement.