Save the Day With Non-Standard Measurement Tasks!

Are you looking for fun, open-ended, hands-on math tasks to introduce your students to nonstandard measurement? You’re in the right place! The Teach Starter team has been hard at work creating fun inquiry-based learning activities surrounding nonstandard units of measurement.

This open-ended mathematics investigation has been designed to deepen students’ understanding of length.

In this investigation, students are tasked with saving the day for the school principal. The principal needs to find helpers to signal to be quiet during assemblies. The assemblies take place in a large space, so he needs people with long fingers so that everyone can actually see the signal! In this activity, students will work collaboratively to measure their hands to determine which student has the longest fingers using nonstandard units.

This teaching resource includes:

• teacher notes detailing a range of important information about the investigation
• a detailed description of the investigation for students, including a step-by-step workbook for completing the task

Download and Print Your Nonstandard Measurement Activity Today!

This resource is available as a printable PDF file and an editable Google Slides resource. Click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your file preference.

This resource was created by Brittany Kellogg, a teacher in Indiana and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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