6th Grade Math - Measurement

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Flying Objects (lesson plan) - This activity is a culminating activity that provides an application to measurement and to flying objects.

Compare Standard Length

How Much Is A Million? (lesson plan) - After listening to the story, How Much is a Million? , students work in groups to determine the following: how long one million dollars would be laid out end to end and how tall a stack of one million pennies would be

Compare Metric Length

Smile Metric Style (lesson plan) - The students will be able to accurately use a metric ruler to measure length,. accurately read and record measurements taken in centimeters and millimeters, find a sum of multiple metric measurements, compare and order individual measurements, use a histogram to graph their results.

Time

Temperature

Temperature - tutorial, worksheets, and lesson plan from Riverdeep

Area

Sizes of the World's Oceans (lesson plan) - Students will use the World Almanac to determine the area of each of the world’s four largest oceans and the area of the United States
Area - tutorial, worksheets, and lesson plan from Riverdeep

Volume/Capacity

Volume - tutorial, worksheets, and lesson plan from Riverdeep

Appropriate Unit

Estimate Standard Measurement

How Much Is A Million? (lesson plan) - After listening to the story, How Much is a Million? , students work in groups to determine the following: how long one million dollars would be laid out end to end and how tall a stack of one million pennies would be
Tree Measurement (lesson plan) - This activity is used to help understand vertical and horizontal measurement of large objects

Cool to Rule:  A Game of Prediction & Measurement (lesson plan) - This activity provides an excellent opportunity for students to review measurement and estimation skills while having fun at the same time.

Estimate Metric Measurement

Smile Metric Style (lesson plan) - The students will be able to accurately use a metric ruler to measure length,. accurately read and record measurements taken in centimeters and millimeters, find a sum of multiple metric measurements, compare and order individual measurements, use a histogram to graph their results.

Perimeter

Scale Draw, Map & Model

Convert Standard Measurement/Rate

Convert Metric Measurement/Rate

Accuracy/Precision

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