2. Measurement (M)
Fifth Grade
- "Know and Convert Among, Measurement Units Withing a Given System"
- Animal Weigh In - This site is recommended for 4th grade and up, may even be used with middle school. The site allows students to compare and estimate the weight of animals and gives them several chances before it helps them out. A balance scale activity which has the student drag weights to match the unit given.
- Funbrain Change Maker Game - Outstanding - Interactive game which asks to give the amount of coins that represent change for $1.00 or $100.00. Graphics are lifelike. Grades 2-4.
- Funbrain Shape Surveyor Geometry Game - Outstanding - This is an interactive game. You are on an archeological dig and have to solve problems as you dig. The student calculates the perimeter or area of a given figure. They are able to select from a variety of difficulty levels. This is a student activity.
- Math Cats Convert Numbers - A helpful sites for students looking to take a given measurement and convert it to another form of measurement. i.e. 27m = 88.50 ft., 2700 cm, and 1,063 inches.
- Money Experience For Kids! - Outstanding - This site allows three types of games: (It ranges form grade 2 to higher elementary) Making Change - It tells how many of what denomination are required to make a given amount. Spending Money - The student is given a specific amount of cash and presented with a list of items. Their job is to buy things until they have less than $1.00 left. They must not overspend. Piggy Bank Break-in - Add up the money by denomination and determine the total. This is a student activity.
- Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies - This is an interactive site that provides students with the opportunity to practice finding the area of polygons. The site first reviews what polygons (squares, rectangles) are and shows students the formula for finding area (LxW). The site then gives students problems to solve on their own. This is a student activity.
- Shape Surveyor - This is a very fun and exciting interactive site. It allows the children to choose their level of difficulty from easy, medium, to hard. There is a choice to compute perimeter, area, or both. It is immediate self-checking and supplies the correct answer. This site is a student activity.
- Shape & Space in Geometry - This site provides students with the opportunity to investigate the relationship between the length of a diagonal of a square and one of its sides.
- USMA Commonly used Metric System Units, Symbols, Prefixes - A teacher reference for metric conversions, examples and relationships among units.
- "Find Areas of Geometric Shapes Using Formulas"
- Animal Weigh In - Measurement - This site is recommended for 4th grade and up, may even be used with middle school. The site allows students to compare and estimate the weight of animals and gives them several chances before it helps them out. A balance scale activity which has the student drag weights to match the unit given.
- Judge and Jury - Students explore non-standard units and compare relative sizes of "steps" in this activity. They determine how the size of each type of step is important to how many steps it takes to measure an object.
- Measure It! - This site is student activity based. Students must look at the ruler and decide how long the bar above it is. It also keeps track of correct/incorrect responses. Students can also choose what level of difficulty they would like to be on. Children must be able to read in order to respond. This site would be appropriate for grades 2-5.
- Shape & Space in Geometry - This site provides students with the opportunity to investigate the relationship between the length of a diagonal of a square and one of its sides.
- "Understand the Concept of Volume"
- About Symmetry and Pattern (Field Patterns) - This site is appropriate for upper elementary grades. Examples of shapes and letters are shown and how they create patterns and how rotating the letters create a change in the pattern.
- Animal Weigh In - This site is recommended for 4th grade and up, may even be used with middle school. The site allows students to compare and estimate the weight of animals and gives them several chances before it helps them out. A balance scale activity which has the student drag weights to match the unit given.
- Bathroom Tiles - This interactive site allows students the chance to practice estimating measurements of angles.
- Change Maker Game - Outstanding - Students make change and add their money to a piggy bank. They can select the level of difficulty from amounts less than $1.00 to amounts over $100.00. A tally board keeps the number of correct answers. This is a student activity.
- Funbrain Change Maker Game - Outstanding - Interactive game which asks to give the amount of coins that represent change for $1.00 or $100.00. Graphics are lifelike. Grades 2-4.
- Judge and Jury - Students explore non-standard units and compare relative sizes of "steps" in this activity. They determine how the size of each type of step is important to how many steps it takes to measure an object.
- Making Triangles and Electronic Geoboard - This is a teacher directed site that would be good for K on up. With teacher direction the child can use an electronic geoboard to make, change, transform and explore shapes.
- The Mysterious Tangram - This is a very student friendly and fun site. Students build shapes by turning, flipping, and combining others to fill patterns. The site gives clues and encourages children by using positive sayings. Good for children 1st grade through 6th.
- Time Experience For Kids! - In this interactive site, the children are presented with two times, they will be asked to determine the difference between the two. This includes using the hours, minutes, and seconds in the time. There is another game the children can go to for determining time using the month, day, and year (calendar). The third game is to determine time using the clock and calendar. This is a student activity for grades 4 and up.