Understand, select and use units of appropriate size and type to measure angles, lengths/distances, area, surface area and volume. 0506.4.7

Links verified on 9/15/2014

1. A Dictionary of Units - This provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the SI.
2. Alien Angles - Practice estimating angles with this fun geometry game. It's not as easy as it looks.
3. Angle Activities - practice using an interactive protractor to answer several questions
4. Angle Measurement - interactive whiteboard resource also
5. Angles - Use as a demonstration tool to aid the use of a protractor and test your angle estimation skills. Scroll down near the bottom of the page to select the Angles tool.
6. Angles, Degrees, Protractors...Oh My! - [lesson plan] Activities require students to make their own protractor and use it to identify and measure various angles
7. Animal Weigh-In - Do you know your kilograms from your pounds? Interactive game
8. Artie Ounces Soda Jerk - interactive game to practice converting ounces to pints and quarts also
9. Finding the Mass of an Object - tutorial on using a triple-beam balance which includes questions to answer
10. Finding the Volume of an Object - tutorial on using a graduated cylinder which includes questions to answer
11. Interactive Units Converter - Here you will find interactive calculators for many measurement systems both commonly used like metric and U.S. Avoirdupois and quite exotic like Ancient Greek and Roman.
12. Measure converter - Full Conversion Table (sorted by Measure Unit Name)
13. Measure4measure - a collection of interactive sites on the web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate etc. In other words, they do the work for you. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. Measure it - Practice using a ruler - inches and centimeters
15. Measurement Equivalents - Match game with standard equivalent measurements, such as pounds, ounces, pints, cups, etc.
16. Measuring - interactive measuring lessons with a ruler (for length) or a protractor (for angles)
17. Measuring Angles - multiple-choice quiz using an interactive protractor
18. Measuring Angles with a Protractor - Practice lining up and reading a protractor while you measure a set of angles in this fun learning activity. The angles may range from 0° to 180°
19. Platform Scales Addition - weigh several items and find the sum in hundredths of a gram or
20. Platform Scales Subtraction - weigh several items and find the difference in hundredths of a gram or
21. Practice converting from one metric unit to another with this java applet (length, area, volume, mass, or time units)
22. Teaching Measures - interactive modules for measuring length, mass, or capacity
23. Using a Graduated Cylinder - [L and mL] a whole class activity for reading a scale, estimating and converting between units also
24. Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them also
25. Using a Protractor - Flash video lesson on how to use a ruler and protractor to draw an angle, links to four practice questions are found at the bottom of the page
26. Using a Ruler - a whole class activity for reading a ruler, estimating and converting between units also
27. Weigh the Wangdoodles - Your job is to find the weight of each Wangdoodle using the information provided by the scales. To be successful, you will have to make sure that the weight you assign to each Wangdoodle works on each scale.
28. What's My Angle - investigating the use of a protractor to measure angles

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