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Measurement

Putting numbers on the world: length, area, volume, angle, time.

12 subtopics93 lessons
1

Temperature

5 lessons

How hot or cold something is, placed on a numbered scale

2

What measurement is

15 lessons

Putting a number on something by picking a unit and counting how many copies of it fit

3

Length and units

8 lessons

Measuring how long, and moving between units.

4

Time and money

14 lessons

Reading clocks and counting coins.

5

Mass and weight

4 lessons

How much matter is in an object, and how hard gravity pulls on it

6

Systems of units

7 lessons

A whole family of units built to fit together, so amounts can be traded between them

7

Area and perimeter

16 lessons

Around the edge, and how much surface inside.

8

Volume and capacity

10 lessons

How much space something takes up, or holds.

9

Measuring angles

6 lessons

Degrees, and reading a protractor.

10

Rates from measurements

3 lessons

Numbers made by dividing one measurement by another, such as speed or density

11

Scale and size

4 lessons

What happens to lengths, areas and volumes when a whole object is made bigger or smaller

12

More in measurement

1 lesson