Measurement:
Length and Distance

Animal Traces

Tracing these unusual animals will teach students about speed, polygons, and circles.

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The Best Throw

At what angle should you throw a ball for it to travel the greatest distance?

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A Classroom Full of Water

How much water would it take to fill up a classroom, in cubic feet and gallons?

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Egg Rolls

This unusual relay race combines the math topics of polygons, measurement, and speed.

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Peanuts

Students should discover an interesting pattern when they measure and graph the lengths of peanuts.

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Peas in a Pod

Is there a relationship between the length of a pea pod and the number of peas it contains?

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Which Unit Would You Use?

This activity will help you to assess how much knowledge of length and area your students already have, will help you to develop their sense of appropriate units, and provides a context for ensuring that students understand the concept of area and how area is measured.

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