measurement length, capacity, weight, & temperature
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Measurement
Length, Capacity, Weight, & Temperature
2nd Grade Standards
Apply measurement skills to measure the attributes of an object (length, capacity, weight).
Read temperatures on a thermometer using Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Demonstrate unit conversions 1 foot = 12 inches 1 quart = 4 cups 1 pound = 16 ounces 1 hour = 60 minutes 1 day = 24 hours 1 week = 7 days, and
1 year = 12 months.
3rd Grade Standards
Apply measurement skills to measure length, weight, and capacity using US Customary units.
Convert units of length, weight, and capacity inches or feet to yards ounces to pounds cups to pints pints to quarts
quarts to gallons
Measure and calculate perimeter of 2-dimensional figures.
How We Measure
Measuring Systems
Metric
U.S. Custom
ary System
Length: the longest dimension of an object. We measure length when we want to know how long something is.
Distance: is a numerical description of how far apart objects are. We measure distance when we want to know how far apart things are from on another.
Tools We Use
Tools We Use
Directions: 1. Copy the table onto your paper.
2. Find the objects in the room.
3. Using hand span, thumb, and foot, measure the height of each object.
4. Write down everything in your chart.
Different Systems
1 inch (in.)
12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.)
36 inches (in.) = 3 feet (ft.) = 1yard (yd.)
U.S. Customary
System
Directions: 1. Copy the table onto your paper.
2. Find the objects in the room.
3. Using your inch ruler, measure the height of each object.
4. Only complete the inch measurements for now.
5. Write down everything in your chart.
Directions: 1. Copy the table onto your paper.
2. Find the objects in the room.
3. Using your inch ruler, measure the height of each object.
4. Only complete the inch measurements for now.
5. Write down everything in your chart.
Directions: 1. Do this with your partner.
2. Write down the blanks in the same areas as the picture shown.
3. Be careful with the ruler. Ask first before touching your partner.
On a sheet of paper:1. In your team, who had the biggest smile?2. The biggest foot?3. The longest pointer finger?4. In you team, who had the smallest ear?5. The smallest arm?6. The smallest nose?7. What part of your body is the biggest? Do you find that surprising? Why or why not?8. What part of your body is the smallest? Do you find that surprising? Why or why not?
Directions: 1. Copy the table onto your paper.
2. Take the cards out of the bag.
3. Using your inch ruler, measure the height and width of each card.
4. Using your perimeter formula, calculate the perimeter.
5. Write down everything in your chart.
10 millimeters (mm) = 1 centimeter (cm)
Metric
100 centimeter (cm) = 1 meter
Directions: 1. Copy the table onto your paper.
2. Find the objects in the room.
3. Using your centimeter ruler, measure the height of each object in millimeters and centimeters.
4. Only complete the inch measurements for now.
5. Write down everything in your chart.
What would you use to measure?? U.S. Customary
U.S. Customary System
Metric
meters (m) yards (yds.)
MetricWhat would you use to measure??
Capacity: is the ability to hold a fluid. We measure
capacity when want to know how much fluid is in or is needed
for something.
Volume: is the amount of space a substance (solid or liquid) occupies or contains in a 3-D object. We measure volume when we want to know how much a solid or liquid can fill a 3-D area.
Tools We Use
Different Systems
Equivalents
1 gallon (g.)=
4 quarts (qt.)=
8 pints (pt.)=
16 cups (c.)
Equivalents
16 tablespoons 1 cup
Equivalents
2 cups 1 pint
Equivalents
2 pints 1 quart
Equivalents
4 quarts 1 gallon
Equivalents
16 cups 1 gallon
What would you use to measure?? U.S. Customary
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/measures/index.htm
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/liquidvolume/liquidvolume.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/hardproblems/hardproblems.html
Capacity Games
MetricAbout 1 mL
About 250 mL
About 2 L
About 355 mL
Metric
What would you use to measure??
Weight: is the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
We measure weight when we want to know how heavy something is.
Tools We Use
Different Systems
A paperclip has a mass of about 1
gram. What things in the classroom do
you think have about a mass of 1 gram?
Metric
A nickel has a mass of about 5 grams. What things in the classroom do you think have about a mass of 5 grams?
Metric
A textbook has a mass of about 1 kilogram. What
things in the classroom do you think have about a
mass of 1 kilogram?
Metric
MetricWhat would you use to measure??
Two nickels weigh about 1 ounce. What
things in the classroom do you
think weigh about 1 ounce?
U.S. Customary System
A loaf of bread weighs about 1
pound. What things in the classroom do
you think weigh about 1 pound?
U.S. Customary System
What would you use to measure?? U.S. Customary
Temperature: is the degree of hotness or coldness of a body
or environment.
We measure temperature when want to know how hot
something is or how cold something is.
Tools We Use
Different Systems