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Teacher Feature: Math and Measurement
Math and Measurement
From buying shoes or lumber to driving across country or across town, we rely on standard measurement. Investigate how the inch, meter, and other crucial units were devised through trial and error. Use the featured video clips, discussion guide, lesson plans, and activities.
Teacher Resources
Discussion Guide
It took centuries to come up with a standard system of measurement. Explore obsolete units and those that have — at least somewhat — withstood the test of time.
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Grades K-5 Lesson Plan
Get out the rulers, and challenge students to calculate how your classroom measures up.
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Grades 6-8 Lesson Plan
What does it mean to go the distance when a foot can range from 10 to 27 inches?
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Grades 9-12 Lesson
Help students grasp their galactic address by shrinking the universe down to a manageable scale.
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Student Activities
Good Measures
An image of measuring tapes with a variety of units for use in classroom presentations
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Math Squared
A numerical puzzle to challenge students' mathematical thinking and reasoning skills
Puzzle PDF
Video Clips
The Foot
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The Inch
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The Original Yard
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The New and Improved Standard Yard
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Accurate measurement is essential to scientific practice and many other human endeavors. Explore different systems of measurement and how they are used to study celestial events, mass extinction, waves, the pyramids, body metabolism, roller coasters, and more.
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