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Bones
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In this health activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners will explore a unique connection betweeen the bones of the body.

Make Ziff's Carpenter's Square
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In this Cyberchase activity, learners make carpenter's squares and use them to measure square corners. Learners cut out the carpenter's square template and attach it to tagboard.

Jump Start
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In this movement and measurement activity, learners jump as far as they can three times, and compare their longest jump to the longest jump of their friends, classmates and/or family members.

Lung Capacity
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This is an activity about lung capacity. Learners will measure their own lung capacity using a homemade spirometer.

Design and Build a Barometer
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In this activity, learners make a barometer, an instrument to measure change in air pressure.

What is a Nanometer?
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This lesson focuses on how to measure at the nanoscale and provides learners with an understanding how small a nanometer really is.

Metric Capers
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In this outdoor activity, learners measure familiar objects in nature to practice working with the metric system.

Measurement: Bubble Mania
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In this math lesson, learners practice measurement skills as they examine a soap bubble print. Learners follow a recipe to make a soap bubble solution.

Measuring Wind Speed
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In this indoor and/or outdoor activity, learners make an anemometer (an instrument to measure wind speed) out of a protractor, a ping pong ball and a length of thread or fishing line.

Traveling Seeds
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In this activity, learners make three different "seed" types and determine which design flies the farthest.

Pulse Pointer
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In this activity, learners investigate circulation and measure their own your heartbeat. A heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times the heart beats per minute.

Measure the Sun's Size
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In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

Trail Construction
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In this highly physical outdoor activity, learners construct and compare experimental trail sections to select the best trail-construction technique for their site.

Measuring Earthquakes
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In this activity, learners build their your own seismograph with household materials to document shaking.

Sweet Measurements
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners investigate how much sugar is in a soda. Learners use sugar cubes to measure and calculate the amount of sugar in a bottle of soda.

Mega Bounce
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In this outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Baseball Activity), learners will investigate the transfer of energy using sports equipment.

Counting With Quadrants
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Millions of organisms can live in and around a body of water.

How Fast Are You?
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This activity is designed to let learners measure their reaction time or response time to something they see.

The Shadow Knows I
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In this activity, learners will measure the length of their shadow from the Sun and compare it three to four months later.

Space Stations: Measure Up!
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to measure each other's ankles with lengths of string.