Classroom printables, activities & worksheets
Units of Measurement
A large collection of teaching resources to use when your students are learning about units of measurement including time, length, mass, volume and capacity, area and perimeter and temperature. Use the educational posters as a visual stimulus in your primary classroom. Also provided are hands-on learning activities, games, unit and lesson plans, worksheets and a maths mentals widget. Use the pre and post tests to ascertain your students prior knowledge before starting a measurement unit of work. Also provided are resources to assist your students when learning about converting between units of measurement and resources covering metric and imperial measurements.
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How Much Does It Measure? Match-Up Activity (Length, Mass and Capacity)
A set of 18 match-up cards to reinforce measurement concepts of length, mass and capacity.
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Appropriate Units of Measurement – Worksheet
A worksheet that allows students to choose appropriate units of measurement.
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I Have, Who Has? Game – Measuring Mass with Scales
A game to reinforce the skill of reading scaled instruments when measuring mass.
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Reading Scales – Measuring Mass Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning to read scaled instruments to measure mass.
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Time Assessment - Year 5 and Year 6
A three-page assessment, covering various time concepts.
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Time Assessment – Year 1 and Year 2
A three-page assessment, covering various time concepts.
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Selecting Units of Mass – Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify objects that should be measured in grams, kilograms and tonnes.
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Which Is Longer? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive PowerPoint quiz that asks students to compare the length and height of various everyday objects.
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Area and Perimeter Paddock Problems – Worksheets
A set of differentiated area and perimeter worksheets.
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Perimeter and Area Poster
A poster that explains and compares the concepts of perimeter and area.
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Parts of an Analogue Clock - Poster
A poster showing the parts of an analogue clock.
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Converting Units of Measurement Posters
Use these posters to assist your students to learn and convert the different units of measurement.
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Weighing Scales Templates
A variety of weighing scales templates for students to practise reading scales to measure grams and kilograms.
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Selecting Units of Length - Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify lengths and distances that should be measured in millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres.
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Which Holds More? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive PowerPoint quiz that asks students to compare the capacity of various containers.
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Selecting Units of Capacity - Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify containers that should be measured in millilitres and litres.
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How Much Does It Measure? Match-Up Activity (Mixed Units of Measurement)
A set of 24 match-up cards to reinforce a range of measurement concepts.
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How Much Does It Measure? Interactive PowerPoint
A 20-question interactive quiz to reinforce a range of measurement concepts.
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Which Holds More? – Mini Book
A mini book that allows students to compare the capacity of various containers.
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Measuring the Area of a Robot with Informal Units Worksheet
A worksheet to use when measuring area with informal square units.
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Volume and Capacity Maths Investigation – Splash World
A mathematics investigation about volume and capacity, embedded in a real-world context.
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Introduction to Area PowerPoint
A 24-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when introducing the concept of area.
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Which Is Heavier? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive PowerPoint quiz that asks students to compare the mass of various everyday objects.
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Measuring My Body – Worksheet
A practical, hands-on activity to explore length by measuring parts of the body.
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Reading Scales – Measuring Mass Match-Up Worksheet
A worksheet to give students practice at reading scales to measure mass.
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Wonderings – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Foundation magazine (Bonus Issue).
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Which Is Longer? – Mini Book
A mini book that allows students to compare the length and height of various everyday objects.
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Which Is Heavier? – Mini Book
A mini book that allows students to compare the mass of various everyday objects.
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Weighing Scales Templates – Fish Scales
An assortment of weighing scales templates to give students practice at reading scales to measure mass.
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Measuring Capacity – Reading Scales Worksheet
A worksheet to give students practice at reading scales on containers to measure capacity.
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Days of the Week – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).
