Teaching Metric Measurement Complete Unit

This is a series of lessons intended to teach grades 3 - 6 students about the metric system of measurement. No prep required

It is a completely editable PowerPoint file that can be altered to suit your needs.

It explores the metric system through exploring measurement and mass. It also has some elements of ratio that are important for students to understand.

It consists of 40 pages of activities and lesson content that has been designed to be visually appealing and engaging.

All challenges and tasks have answers included so that you can work along with your students without lacking confidence.

This unit is incredibly useful for not only maths, but also science students who will need a clear understanding of the metric system and working across multiple units of measurement.

It also contains a free classroom poster reinforcing key concepts of the metric system.

Teaching suggestions are provided along with all answer keys.

This lesson should take 2-3 class periods. An extension involving hands-on measurements is explained in the teaching suggestions which would extend the lesson another day.