Measurement and Animals

It's MATH TIME!

Materials

• ruler(s)
• tape measure(s)
• yard stick(s)
• meter stick(s)
• stuffed animals
• toy animals
• pencil
• science notebook

Get out the rulers! Look for both centimeter and inch rulers. Have the kids measure their stuffed animals and plastic toy animals. This works especially well with those rubber snakes that most kids seem to love! They can see which snake is the longest and which is the shortest. They can measure all their animals (height and width) and record their findings (data) in their science notebooks. Whenever they get a new stuffed animal they should get its measurements and add the data to their list.

Let the kids also practice measuring with a tape measure and a yard stick or meter stick if the objects are large. They should record all their data.

Older students should organize and display the data using a table or other graphic organizer.