Units of Measurement Teaching Resources
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 Long is This Going to Take? - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the concept of time for students in the early years.
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Converting Units of Time - Basic
Use this poster to assist your students in learning the different units of time.
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Comparing Lengths – Measurement Game
An interactive PowerPoint quiz that asks students to compare the length and height of various everyday objects.
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Volume and Capacity Sort Game
A volume and capacity sort game for lower grades.
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Mass Maths Investigation - How Much Do We Throw Away?
A mathematics investigation about measuring mass, embedded in a real-world context.
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Telling the Time 'To' and 'Past' Poster
A poster to help students understand telling the time ‘to’ and ‘past’ the hour.
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Parts of an Analogue Clock - Poster
A poster showing the parts of an analogue clock.
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Capacity Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains the concept of capacity and lists associated vocabulary.
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Time Machine Match-Up Activity
A fun sorting activity that consolidates knowledge of time to the hour, half-hour and to the quarter-hour.
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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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Length Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains the concept of length and lists associated vocabulary.
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Maths Warm Ups Interactive PowerPoint - Year 1
A PowerPoint providing a series of warm up activities for Year 1 students across the curriculum.
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12- and 24- Hour Time Dominoes
A set of time dominoes to use in the classroom when converting 12- and 24- hour time.
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Days of the Week Worksheet - Writing
A simple worksheet to assist students in learning the days of the week.
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Time Unit Conversions – Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards about converting units of time.
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Telling Time Puzzles – Hour and Half-Hour Times
Practise reading analogue clocks, digital clocks and time in word form with a set of printable time puzzles.
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Days of the Week Poster
Display the days of the week with a bright and cheery Days of the Week Poster.
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Days of the Week Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this sorting activity to assist your students when learning the days of the week.
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Heavy and Light Hands-on Task
A fun hands-on teaching resource that explores indirect comparisons of objects.
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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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Measurement Conversion Scoot Game
A set of 24 measurement conversion task cards to use as a whole class scoot activity.
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Five Wonders Theme Park: Token Night – Project
A project where students use stimulus posters to plan the best evening at Five Wonders Theme Park.
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Five Wonders Theme Park: Slither House Sketch – Project
An inquiry projects for students to research animals and their habitats for a reptile house in a theme park.
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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? Interactive PowerPoint
A 20-question interactive quiz to reinforce a range of measurement 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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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? 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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Year 6 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
23 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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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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Year 3 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Year 2 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
35 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.