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

In this activity, learners will predict the size of a giant scale model of a comb or other rectangular object, then make one. If you tripled the size of a dollar bill, could you sit on it?

Yes, you can weigh your car by figuring out your wheel's tire pressure combined with the "tire's footprint." You'll need someone with a car, driver's license, and safety in mind.

In this activity, learners follow clues to find five puzzle pieces, then assemble them. This activity works well with a whole group, individuals, or families.

In this activity, learners use a hand-made protractor to measure angles they find in playground equipment.

In this activity, learners create a map of a hidden surface using a "sounding stick" -- a technique similar to how underwater maps were once made.

How do you measure a bubble when it's floating? You can't really, but in this activity, learners can measure the diameter of the ring of suds a bubble leaves on a flat surface.

Put the math of measurement, numbers, and everyday life into improvisational skits.

In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

Build a house you can fit inside, using cardboard tubes.

This is an activity about turbidity, or the amount of sediment suspended in water.

In this math lesson, learners apply measurement skills to determine, in dollar bills, the capacity of a suitcase.