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Measuring - list of online games and tutorials
Measuring
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
Explains the common measuring systems and has lots of background info of their history.
BBC Skillswise Measuring
Length, weight, and capacity factsheets, games, worksheets, and guizzes.
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/measuring/lwc
Measurements
Online lessons with interactive exercises on metric prefixes, symbols, number values, metric mass, length, volume, US length and volume, and temperature conversions.
www.aaamath.com/B/mea.htm
Reading a Tape Measure
Creates a printable worksheet for measuring in inches.
themathworksheetsite.com/read_tape.html
Math-Kitecture.com
Architecture and math resources. Students learn estimation, measuring skills, proportion, and ratios by hand-drafting a floor plan of their classroom to scale.
www.math-kitecture.com
Measure It!
Practice measuring lines with either centimeters or inches. Multiple choice questions.
onlineintervention.funbrain.com/measure/index.html
Metric puzzles and quizzes
Crossword puzzles, word seaches, and quizzes about metric units. Free printable PDF files.
lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/puzzles
Reading Scales
Helps teachers to illustrate a variety of measuring devices and how to read them.
Measures
Activities, revision bites, and quizzes about measuring time, weight, and capacity (in metric units).
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space_measures.shtml
Metric Conversion Chart
A printable measuring units conversion chart for your reference. Includes converseions between metric measures, US measures, and metric vs. US measures.
metricconversioncharts.org
Units of Measurement Quizzes
Quizes for area, distance, volume, and mass - both metric and English systems.
www.quiz-tree.com
Measures
A flash movie of basics of measuring time, weight, and capacity (in metric units). Has some interactive questions and a test.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/shape/13_act.shtml
Measuring Units Worksheets
Generate free printable worksheets for measuring units conversions. Both customary and metric units included.
www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/measuring.php
Worksheets and lesson plans: Measures
These worksheets are in PDF or doc form, and cover measuring & estimating with metric measures, and conversions between some metric measures.
www.saveyoursundays.com/web/index.php/main/index/menuid/2#section10
Bunny Balance
Place bunnies on the balance until it is even.
www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/games/bunnybalance.html
Inchy Picnic Game
Measure with a ruler to find how many inches Andy Ant needs to go.
www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/play.php?ID=4
Units of Measurement Quizzes
Scroll down the page to find a quiz for area, distance, volume, and mass - both metric and English systems.
www.quiz-tree.com/
Reading a Tape Measure Worksheets
Worksheet generator - you can choose to which accuracy to measure, inches, or inches & feet.
themathworksheetsite.com/read_tape.html
Easy Unit Converter
A comprehensive online tool for converting measuring units.
www.easyunitconverter.com
The Metric Units Tutorial—Metric Number line
A tutorial of the common metric unit prefixes, and a way to convert between metric units using a "metric unit number line," which visually shows you how many steps you need to move the decimal point.
www.dmacc.edu/medmath1/METRIC/Metric%20Number%20Line%20HTML/sld001.htm
Software
Measure-Matic
Measure-Matic is a software that teaches students to learn to read either an English and Metric ruler. Includes several levels of difficulty and even architectural rulers. The English ruler will show the decimal equivalence of a fraction and percentage of a decimal. The software is easy to use. Free trial download available.
Price: $39.95
www.sawmillsoftware.com/Measurement/productpages/englishruler.asp
Geo-Calc
Geometry Calculator for Mac. Work out all the measurements (area, perimeter, sides, angles, etc) of 2D and 3D shapes.
Price: $14.99
www.baldgeeks.com/geocalc.htm
MB-Ruler - a triangular ruler for the computer screen
MB-Ruler is a software that helps you to measure distances and angles on the computer screen, such as distances on a map or angles in any image. It has a ruler and a protractor, which are almost transparent over the image you are working with.
Price: Free for non-commercial use.
www.markus-bader.de/MB-Ruler
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