Mr. Edmond sings a good song about the difference between Mass and Weight. He actually has a nice voice. He holds up signs so that you can karaoke along with him. I think I am going to try and karaoke with a couple of students about mass and weight. Should be fun.
This is a great video to help introduce and explore the way that our measurement systems developed and how they can be used and converted.
This is a great video to introduce or review capacity including, cup, pint, quart, and gallon.
This is a great video to introduce and review the concept of weight.
This is a great video to introduce the concept of heavy and light to younger students.
This is a great math video to introduce the tools for measurement.
Students answer questions with images about the estimated capacity of the image. Cup, Pint, Quart, Gallon are words used.
Estimating Capacity Worksheet Link
http://www.commoncoresheets.com/Math/Capacity/American%20(Visual)/English/1.pdf
In this math video students will learn how the metric system came about and why scientists like using it. This Bill Nye video introduces the measurements of length to students.
Students will estimate the length of common objects and then measure their length to see how close their estimation was.
Estimating Length of Common Objects Worksheet Link
http://files.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/math/measurement/estimate-measure-worksheet.pdf
Students will compare the size of each pair of shapes. They will color each shape according to the comparison.