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This article, written for students, looks at how some measuring units and devices were developed.
This article for teachers suggests ways in which dinosaurs can be a great context for discussing measurement.
This article for teachers recounts the history of measurement, encouraging it to be used as a spring board for cross-curricular activity.
A game for two or more players that uses a knowledge of measuring tools. Spin the spinner and identify which jobs can be done with the measuring tool shown.
This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010.
Can you use this information to estimate how much the different fruit selections weigh in kilos and pounds?
On the table there is a pile of oranges and lemons that weighs exactly one kilogram. Using the information, can you work out how many lemons there are?
How can you use just one weighing to find out which box contains the lighter ten coins out of the ten boxes?
Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?
Use the number weights to find different ways of balancing the equaliser.
Can you match the mass and length or height of these things to their pictures?
Grandma found her pie balanced on the scale with two weights and a quarter of a pie. So how heavy was each pie?
There are four equal weights on one side of the scale and an apple on the other side. What can you say that is true about the apple and the weights from the picture?
If you have only four weights, where could you place them in order to balance this equaliser?