This document introduces the metric measurement system to students in the elementary grades through ready-to-use activity cards covering metric concepts of length, area, and volume. The cards provide a minimal sequence of activities aimed at helping the student become familar with each measurement concept; cards are ungraded and can be used as…

This is a teacher-developed guide for use with a unit on measurement in the elementary school. Contents are organized under the three main headings of awareness, English units, and metric units. Objectives are stated, accompanied by a description of suggested implementation activities. Also included are the relationship of the activity to a…

A model measurement program is described in terms of stage of measurement, learning process, type of measurement, and grade level. Suggested activities are presented in activity card format. (SD)

This teacher's guide contains a complete list of goals, behavioral objectives, activities, materials and equipment, and tests needed for implementing a metric education program in grades K-8. Ten broad goals are listed and each behavioral objective is referenced to one of these. The behavioral objectives are also referenced to grade levels and to…

This handbook, prepared in field-test version, is intended to provide in-service teachers with "guidance in the development of the basic concepts of measurement." The basic assumption on which this guidance is based is that "hands-on" experience is the most appropriate method of teaching metric measurement. An additional premise is that students…

Designed to allow youngsters aged 10 to 15 to experience the challenges and problems environmental investigators might face making an environmental impact study, the trial version of the Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) Trail Module focuses on aspects of construction-related environment problems. Four activities are included in the…