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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Introduction to Volume
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the concept of volume by comparing and ordering objects.
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Assessment - Measuring Area with Informal Units
A 30 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of area.
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Revision of Area
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of area.
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Area Investigation - Big, Loud Feet!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of area to a real-world context.
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Measuring Area of Shapes
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure the area of plane shapes using informal square units.
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Measuring Area
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the concept of area and how it can be measured using informal square units.
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Introduction to Area
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Assessment - Measuring Mass with Informal Units
A 30 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of mass.
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Revision of Mass
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of mass.
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Mass Investigation - How Heavy Are the Objects in Your Classroom?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of mass to a real-world context.
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Comparing and Ordering Mass
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop the concept of mass by comparing and ordering the masses of objects.
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Using Balance Scales
A 60 minute lesson in which students will create a set of balance scales for measuring and comparing the masses of objects.
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Introduction to Mass
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the concept of mass by comparing and ordering objects.
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Revision of Length
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of length.
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Length Investigation - The Longest Finger
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of length to a real-world context.
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Measuring, Comparing and Ordering Height
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure, compare and order height using informal units.
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Measuring and Comparing Length
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure and compare lengths of objects using informal units.
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Measuring with Dinosaur Footprints
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure and compare lengths of objects using informal units.
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Assessment - Measuring Length with Informal Units
A 30 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of length.
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It's About Time!
An assessment task in which students will identify the days of the week, make connections with specific days and sequence familiar activities in time order.
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How Long is This Going to Take?
A 30 minute lesson in which students will sequence familiar events in time order.
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My Week at Home
A 30 minute lesson in which students will choose events and actions that make connections with students’ everyday family routines.
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My Week at School
A 30 minute lesson in which students will know and identify the days of the week and link specific days to familiar events.
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Days of the Week
A 30 minute lesson in which students will learn the days of the week in the correct order.
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The Test of Time
A 60 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of time.
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One More Time Around the World
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of time zones around the world to complete a classroom time zones display.
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Time After Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand am and pm notation and calculate elapsed time.
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The Sands of Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply their knowledge and understanding of time to a real-world context.
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This is the Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will refine and consolidate their knowledge of time conversions.
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Telling the Time Assessment - Year 1 and Year 2
A 60 minute assessment designed to assess student learning.
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A Moment in Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore units of time and how to convert between them.
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Reading an Analogue Clock
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand and recognise the features of the analogue clock.