Presents activities on measurement using the metric system. (YDS)

Class activities designed to instruct young students in the use of the metric system of measurement are illustrated on a larger poster. Ideas for measuring, thinking and writing in metric are presented for children of different ages. (JD)

A metric measurement activity, construction of a portion of a "town" from paper, that provides concrete, semiconcrete, and abstract learning tasks and experiences, is described. Modifications of the activity for primary and intermediate students are suggested. (MK)

Measurement is perhaps the most frequently used form of mathematics. This book presents activities for learning about the metric system designed for upper intermediate and junior high levels. Discussions include: why metrics, history of metrics, changing to a metric world, teaching tips, and formulas. Activities presented are: metrics all around…

Five categories of activities for teaching the decimeter are discussed. Many of the activities can be modified in order to teach other metric units of length. (JT)

This textbook is designed for common schools, normal schools, high schools, academies, and other schools. Among the topics covered are: arithmetical language, fundamental operations, prime numbers, fractions, practical measurements, percentages, ratios, and mensuration. A section providing miscellaneous problems is also included. Appendices…

Article discusses the five units of the metric system that are most important for elementary school teachers. (GB)

This booklet was designed to increase awareness about the metric system. Why the metric system is being used increasingly is described. Pictures illustrate simple comparisons of the most commonly used units of the metric and customary systems. Calculations using both systems are compared through presentation of three problems. Next, everyday units…

The document offers guidelines for teaching metric measurement to educable mentally retarded (EMR) children. Following a section describing the metric system is an outline of learning characteristics of EMR students. Subsequent sections address methods for teaching linear, weight, and liquid measurement. Stressed is the need for concreteness,…

The continuing need to go metric is discussed. Impetus, however, comes from the state and local level, rather than nationally. (MNS)

Having pupils make their own measuring tools is proposed. Decimeter and centimeter strips, meter tapes, calibrated measures of volume, and a balance scale, plus activities with them, are described. (MNS)

This booklet was designed to convey metric information in pictoral form. The use of pictures in the coloring book enables the more mature person to grasp the metric message instantly, whereas the younger person, while coloring the picture, will be exposed to the metric information long enough to make the proper associations. Sheets of the booklet…

Several games are given to improve skills in comparison, estimation, and linear measurement. Rule variations are included. (MNS)

Metric measurement activities are given, offering many opportunities for measurement and comparison with measurements. Experiences in measuring with a tape measure are directed at Levels One to Three, while experiences in estimating, measuring, computing area and volume, and ratio are included for Levels Four to Eight. (MNS)

Three examples are presented which involve constructions employing a compass, a centimeter ruler, and a calculator. Employing mathematical tools to support understanding and discovery of mathematical principles is viewed as being clearly a desire of mathematics educators, but it is felt such tools are not frequently used to their fullest. (MP)