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Handy Measuring Ratio
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In this activity, learners use their hands as tools for indirect measurement.
Measuring Rules
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In this math activity, learners create their own units of measurement by making noodle rulers. Learners practice estimating and measuring objects using the noodle rulers .

Family Math Activity: Measuring with Paper Clips and M&Ms
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In this activity, young learners and their caregivers use non-standard tools, like M&Ms and paper clips, to measure things around their home.

Bianca's Body Math
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In this Cyberchase activity, learners use math to explore how parts of the body are proportional.

Jump Like a Frog
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In this math activity, learners jump and measure how far they can jump on different surfaces using different jumping techniques.

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.

Animals are Amazing!
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In this activity, learners use measurement concepts to make models of what their body parts might look like if they were a snake or a chameleon.

Make A Map for A Treasure Hunt
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In this activity, learners will explore how maps can provide information about a place and help us find our way from one location to another.

Balloon Impacts
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In this activity, learners measure the diameter of their water balloons, model an impact, measure the diameter of the “crater” area, and determine the ratio of impactor to crater.

Piles of Pennies
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In this coin math activity, learners sort and stack 100 (one hundred) pennies into piles of 5 pennies each, 10 pennies each, and 20 pennies each.
Find Someone: Use Math to Learn About Friends
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Create a “Find Someone” list, with about 10 items, each containing a shape, number, or measurement. Can you find someone in the group with hair about 4 inches long? Someone wearing parallel lines?

Globe at Night
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In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.
Is It Possible: Estimating Measurement
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In this activity, learners will decide together on a question about how far, long or high the group could reach together.
Mix & Match Estimation
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In this activity, learners use their estimation skills to match the unmarked containers to their amounts.

Subtracta's Dog
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In this math activity related to volume, learners use problem solving skills to calculate and build a model house for Minus the dog.

Drinking Straw Pulse Measurer
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In this health activity, learners create a device so that they not only feel their heartbeat, but also see it, using a straw and some clay.

Round & Round
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In this activity, learners make and test fly paper helicopters. Learners use templates to create paper helicopters and then take take turns flying them in the air.

The Shadow Knows II
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In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.
Look Around: Hunt For Sizes, Shapes and Numbers
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In this activity, learners will participate in a scavenger hunt involving sizes, shapes, and numbers. This activity works well with a whole group, individuals, or families.

Water, Water Everywhere
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In this activity, learners estimate how much water they think can be found in various locations on the Earth in all its states (solid, liquid, and gas) to discover the different water ratios in the Ea