Develop strategies for choosing correct tools of measurement. 0506.4.12

Links verified on 9/16/2014

1. Alien Angles - Practice estimating angles with this fun geometry game. It's not as easy as it looks.
2. Angle Activities - practice using an interactive protractor to answer several questions
3. Angle Measurement - interactive whiteboard resource also
4. Angles - Use as a demonstration tool to aid the use of a protractor and test your angle estimation skills. Scroll down near the bottom of the page to select the Angles tool.
5. Angles, Degrees, Protractors...Oh My! - [lesson plan] Activities require students to make their own protractor and use it to identify and measure various angles
6. Animal Weigh-In - Do you know your kilograms from your pounds? Interactive game
7. Finding the Mass of an Object - tutorial on using a triple-beam balance which includes questions to answer
8. Finding the Volume of an Object - tutorial on using a graduated cylinder which includes questions to answer
9. Let's Bake a Pie - interactive lesson on selecting the right measuring tool
10. Measurement - How do you use scientific tools to make accurate measurements? [4 page .pdf document]
11. Measuring Angles - multiple-choice quiz using an interactive protractor
12. Measuring Angles with a Protractor - Practice lining up and reading a protractor while you measure a set of angles in this fun learning activity. The angles may range from 0° to 180°
13. Measuring Sense - a detailed description of a lesson in the form of a slide show with three levels of examples of student work [28 slides] [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. Platform Scales Addition - weigh several items and find the sum in hundredths of a gram or
15. Platform Scales Subtraction - weigh several items and find the difference in hundredths of a gram or
16. Teaching Measures - links to length, mass, or capacity activities and printables - good for using on an interactive whiteboard for a whole class activity
17. Using a Graduated Cylinder - [L and mL] a whole class activity for reading a scale, estimating and converting between units or
18. Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them also
19. Using a Protractor - Flash video lesson on how to use a ruler and protractor to draw an angle, links to four practice questions are found at the bottom of the page
20. Using a Ruler - [cm ruler] a whole class activity for reading a ruler, estimating and converting between units or
21. Weigh the Wangdoodles - Your job is to find the weight of each Wangdoodle using the information provided by the scales. To be successful, you will have to make sure that the weight you assign to each Wangdoodle works on each scale.
22. What's My Angle - investigating the use of a protractor to measure angles

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