4th 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.
Whale Measurements (lesson plan) - Students will use problem solving skills to understand how their size relates to actual whale sizes through a measurement activity, followed by a graphing exercise.

Length/Distance

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
How Long is Your Smile? - students measure smiles and create one large small using class total; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Time

How Much Time Has Passed (lesson plan) - Students work hands-on with traditional clocks to discover elapsed time.

Time Relationships

Calendar

Time Flies - offers practice in creating and using calendars; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Use Ruler/Customary

Measurement of Objects (lesson  plan) - Students will learn how to measure objects and will become comfortable with using a ruler.
Tree Measurement (lesson plan) - This activity is used to help understand vertical and horizontal measurement of large objects

Use Ruler/Metric

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.
How Long Is It? - students estimate and measure using centimeters and millimeters; printable practice sheet; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Mass/Weight

Down the Speedway - uses toy cars to determine how weight affects length of travel; from Georgia Learning Connections.
Heavy Weights - students graph weight of classmates and determine what they are worth according to their weight; from Georgia Learning Connections.
A Lengthy Comparison - students compare present height and weight to birth and make predictions about their adult height and weight; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Temperature

How Hot Is It? - students estimate temperatures and different times of the day and then test their estimations.

Area/Counting

Area/Formula

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
Measurement (area & perimeter) - Students will be able to demonstrate that objects with the same perimeter do not necessarily have the same area.
Exploring Area and Perimeter - teaches finding area and includes an Internet activity; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Volume/Capacity

Estimate

Math Giants! - estimation lesson based on Jack and the Beanstalk; from Georgia Learning Connections.
Watch Out for that Tree! - an outdoor activity where students use estimation to measure trees; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Scale, Draw, Map & Model

Perimeter

Convert Metric

Magnifying Milligrams - group activity teaching converting grams and milligrams; from Georgia Learning Connections.

Convert Customary

Select Appropriate Tool

Select Appropriate Unit

Eenie Meanie Miney Moe - lesson plan on selecting appropriate unit of measure with printable worksheets; from Georgia Learning Connections.
Mixed Up Mounds - students work to put a mixed up recipe back together; a fun cooking activity.

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