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Books we enjoyed with this lesson - posted from Turtle Creek, PA
Henry Arthur Pluckrose “Length (Math Counts)â€
Marcie Aboff “If You Were an Inch or a Centimeter (Math Fun)â€
Thomas K. H. Adamson “How Do You Measure Length and Distance? (Measure It!)â€
Jessica Gunderson “How Long?: Wacky Ways to Compare Length (Wacky Comparisons)â€
Mark Weakland “How Tall?: Wacky Ways to Compare Height (Wacky Comparisons)â€
Desiree Bussiere “What in the World Is a Mile?: And Other Distance Measurementsâ€
Sid the Science Kid Exploring Measurements Video - posted from Knoxville, TN
you can watch this 5 minute clip all about the difference between standard and non standard measurements.
http://www.iptv.org/kids/story.cfm/video/sisk_20081217_exploring_measurement/video
Computer Measurments Games - posted from Knoxville, TN
PBS Kids has quite a few games you can play to reinforce measurements
