This is the fourth and final article in the "PE Metrics" series that focuses on assessing the National Standards for Physical Education (NASPE) for Standard 1. The first article focused on assessment of student learning. The second described formative and summative assessments and provided considerations on how to implement assessment within…

Presents ideas for several games to use in teaching metrics to elementary school students. (JMB)

Presents ideas for teaching the basics. Includes recipes for writing from children's books, a sequential metric program and a discussion of refining the interview process. (JMB)

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)

Presents activities for studying metric time where time is divided using base 10. (ASK)

Suggests activities and materials to use in introducing the metric system to elementary school children. (JMB)

Suggests that metrics need to be taught at an emotional level and lists examples which personalize metric measures for students (e.g., how much can I carry, at what temperature am I cold, how far is it to the grocery store?). (JMB)

The basics of the metric system are explained, and the materials a teacher will need to instruct students in metrics are described. (JD)

Describes a 45-minute module to instruct elementary school teachers in teaching the metric system. (CS)

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…

Sequential grade-level objectives for instruction in the metric system are listed. (SD)

This student activity manual for elementary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length (meter), volume (liter), mass (grams), and temperature (celsius). Activities include a variety of drill sheets interspersed with other activities. Cartoons are used extensively to appeal to student interests.…