Mathematics Year 5 Year 6 Measurement

Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances, calculates perimeters, and converts between units of length

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  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    Maths Unit: Choosing Units of Measurement

    This unit plan has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β area,Β vol...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: Building Bridges

    This activity is a quick engineering challenge that your students will love! It can be completed in a single session with minimal materials....

  • Unit Plan Year: 4 5

    Maths Unit: Perimeter

    This comprehensive unit plan covers the concept of perimeter as a measurement concept. The unit comes with a presentation, poster, progressi...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    Maths Unit: Volume and Capacity

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    Maths Unit: Converting Measurements

    This unit is designed to help students understand how to convert common metric units of length, mass and capacity.

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    Maths Unit: Perimeter

    This perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The unit provides a reference card with the perimeter formula a...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    Maths Unit: Area

    This comprehensive and engaging unit plan is designed to help students develop a deep understanding of area measurement with a focus on solv...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Area - Presentation

    This comprehensive presentation introduces students to the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle. Joined rectangles and the relati...

  • Presentation Year: 5

    Units of Measurement - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β area,Β ...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Building Bridges - Presentation

    This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity of the same name. It walks students through the human history of bridge buildin...

  • Presentation Year: 4 5

    All About Perimeter - Presentation

    This comprehensive presentation guides students through the mathematical concept of perimeter. The presentation explains what perimeter mean...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Volume & Capacity - Presentation

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Presentation Year: 5

    Perimeter - Presentation

    The Perimeter Presentation introduces the concept of perimeter to students and allows the teacher to walk through the lesson with the benefi...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Converting Measurements Presentation

    This presentation will walk you through the progression of skills that a Year 6 student will need for converting units of measurement.

  • Presentation Year: 4 5 6

    Area - Presentation

    This presentation walks your students through the transition between using overlays to compare area, to calculating the area of rectangles....

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Measurement - Perimeter and Area Task Cards - Colour & B&W Pack

    This comprehensive task card pack includes 20 problem-solving challenges focused on perimeter and area concepts. Students apply what they kn...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Seize the Room Perimeter

    Make Learning Perimeter Fun and Interactive with This Exciting Math Game!The Seize the Room: Perimeter Game transforms perimeter calculation...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Assessment: Area

    This assessment is designed to be used as review to check your students understanding of calculating the area of a rectangle. Students are...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Area of a Rectangle Quiz

    This presentation can be used as an interactive quiz to check your students’ understanding of: Calculating the area of rectangles, squ...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Problem Solving Perimeter and Area

    This open-ended task has students exploring the relationship between area and perimeter to problem solve a range of questions. Using a geobo...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Redo the Classroom

    This worksheet is an engaging way to investigate area. Students design a new classroom layout using dot paper. Following the open-ended ques...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Pixel Art

    Create pixel art by colouring squares and rectangles to form a larger image. A great resource for calculating area and recognising the relat...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Exploring the Area of Rectangles

    This differentiated worksheet is the perfect resource for students to practise calculating the area of rectangles by using the formula A=LxW...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Bang! Area of a Rectangle

    This simple game is a great way for students to practice their skills in calculating the area of rectangles and squares. Draw the cards out...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Perimeter and Area Problems

    This open ended task has students exploring the relationship between area and perimeter to problem solve a range of questions. Using a geobo...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Calculating Area: Joined Rectangles

    This differentiated worksheet requires students to calculate the area of Β joined rectangles. The 2 step process required to achieve this wil...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Garden Gurus

    This worksheet is an engaging way to investigate area. Students design their own school garden using dot paper or a geoboard. Following the...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Find the Area Task Cards

    These task cards have a wide range of uses in your classroom and can be modified however you wish. Students will calculate the area of a ran...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Units of Measurement Assessment

    This assessment has been created to track your students understanding about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volu...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Choosing Appropriate Units of Measurement Quiz

    This handy reflection quiz has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for lengt...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Measurement with Mel

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β ar...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Measure Match Up

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β ar...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Choose the Measurement

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β ar...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Units of Measurement - Student Reference Card

    This useful reference card is great for students to have handy when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β are...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Quiz

    Use this quiz as an assessment tool to evaluate student understanding of the content taught throughout the progressive Perimeter Unit Plan.

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Amusement Park Enclosure Game

    A great game to help students consolidate their understanding of perimeter. Students place the shape cards face down and when each player pi...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Problems

    Use this resource to support students in consolidating and applying their knowledge of perimeter to solve word problems. Students show the w...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Sam’s School Perimeter

    Get your students applying their perimeter knowledge in a real-world setting! Students will use Β Page 1 of Sam’s School to calculate the per...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Fred’s Farm Perimeter

    Get your students applying their perimeter knowledge in a real-world setting! Students will use Β Page 1 of Fred’s Farm to calculate the peri...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Robots

    Get your students applying their perimeter knowledge in a creative way! Students create a two-dimensional robot on the grid paper provided a...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter - Crack the Code

    This fun resource puts a spin on learning about perimeter. Students use their growing perimeter knowledge to work out the answer to the two...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Puzzles Worksheet

    This resource has been designed to support students when learning about the concept of perimeter. It is the first progressive worksheet as p...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    All About Perimeter - Student Reference Card

    Print and give these to your students to use as a helpful reference tool when learning about the concept of perimeter! Print on cardboard...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Poster

    Print and display this perimeter poster in your classroom as a reference when teaching perimeter. It includes a definition and three example...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Volume & Capacity - Poster Set

    This Volume and Capacity poster set is designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volume, capacity and their measurement....

  • Resource Year: 6 H

    Volume Poster

    This handy one-page poster teaches students how to find the volume of cubes, rectangular prisms, pyramids, spheres, cones and cylinders. It...

  • Resource Year: 5 6 H

    Area & Perimeter Poster

    This handy one-page poster teaches students how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles, trapezoids and pa...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Volume and Capacity Quiz

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Science Fair - Capacity and Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Cupcake Capacity Conversions

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Creating Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Rolling Random Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Thinking About Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Calculating Volume 2

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Calculating Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Adjusting Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Figuring Out Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Volume & Capacity - Student Reference Card

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter Problems 2

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Find The Perimeter

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter All Around Us

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter Review

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter - Quiz

    The Perimeter Quiz is an auto-timed quiz that requires students to find the perimeter of simple 2D Shapes. Your role as the teacher is simp...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter Problems

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Let's Look at Perimeter

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter of Shapes

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Introducing Perimeter

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter - Student Reference Card

    Perimeter - Student Reference Card

  • Resource Year: 6

    Converting Measurements Quiz

    This Worksheet can also be used as an assessment, to check students’ understanding of metric unit conversion. It is part of a larger unit de...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Liquid Conversions

    In this worksheet, students convert back and forth between common units of capacity. It is part of a larger unit designed to help students u...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Practicing With King Henry - Converting Mass

    This worksheet allows students to further consolidate their ability with the β€˜King Henry’ method of unit conversion. It is part of a larger...

  • Resource Year: 6

    The King Henry Method

    This worksheet introduces students to the β€˜King Henry’ method of unit conversion and allows them the opportunity to practice this new skill....

  • Resource Year: 6

    Converting Measurements - Student Reference Card

    This card is a great personal reference for your students as they make their way through the unit on conversion. It is part of a larger unit...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Area of a Triangle - Review

    This worksheet is designed to be used as either a review or an assessment task, to check your students’ understanding of calculating the are...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Finding the Area of a Triangle

    In this worksheet, students develop their ability to calculate the area of a triangle. This resource is part of a larger unit where students...

  • Resource Year: 6

    The Area of a Triangle

    In this worksheet, students are taught how to solve the area of a triangle by cutting an imaginary rectangle in half. This resource is part...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Area Problems

    In this worksheet, students use what they have learned about area to solve a set of basic problems. This resource is part of a larger unit w...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Area Problem Solving

    In this worksheet, students use what they have learned about area to solve a set of basic problems. This resource is part of a larger unit w...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Finding the Area of Joined Rectangles

    In this worksheet, students solve the area in irregular shapes made up of more than one rectangle. This resource is part of a larger unit wh...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Area and Perimeter

    In this worksheet, further explore the relationship between area and perimeter by trying to find the box with an area of 25m2 that will have...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Area of a Rectangle - Assessment

    This assessment is designed to be used as review to check your students understanding of calculating the area of a rectangle. The included a...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    What the Heck is a Hectare?

    In this worksheet, students are introduced to the unit of a hectare, and then use it in variety of calculations. This resource is part of a...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Finding the Area and Perimeter of a Rectangle

    In this worksheet, students roll dice to set the dimensions of rectangles that they then have to find and area and perimeter for. This helps...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Finding the Area of a Rectangle

    Finding the Area of a Rectangle is a differentiated worksheet designed to cater to the diverse learning needs of students when it comes to m...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Area - Student Reference Card

    Empower students with the knowledge of area concepts through the "Area Student Reference Card." This reference card provides clear definitio...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Converting Measurements

    In this worksheet, students convert back and forth between common units of length. It is part of a larger unit designed to help students und...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Plant Table

    This worksheet lets them compare their plant experiment’s measurements with the control group, as well as the other plants so that they can...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Mould Conclusions

    Students are able to complete their mould growth experiment, recording their final observations, and answering questions.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Plant Observations

    This worksheet allows students to record their observations and measurements during their plant experiment.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Magic Mould Observation

    This worksheet enables students to record their observations during their mould growing experiment.

  • Resource Year: 5 6 H

    Area Formulas - Posters

    This set of charts clearly displays the formulae for the area and perimeter of the following shapes:Β  rectangle, square triangle,...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Capacity Cards

    The Capacity Cards were designed to help students connect volume and capacity and support upper primary group work involving measurement of...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Capacity Vs Volume Poster

    The 'Capacity Vs Volume Poster' aims to clearly depict the definition of both capacity and volume.

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Measurement Charts

    This set of 'Measurement Charts' provides equivalent measurements in weight, length and capacity.

  • FREE! Resource Year: 6 H

    Volume Measurement Poster

    The 'Volume Measurement Poster' helps students differentiate between length, width and height.

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Quantity Cards

    An upper primary activity, Quantity Cards provides flexibility. Opt to match equivalent quantities, sort cards in ascending or descending or...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Volume Victory

    Engage students with our interactive game board! Convert millilitres to litres and vice versa as you navigate around. Ideal for class warm-u...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Measure Mania - Grams to Kilograms Game

    Measure Mania -Β Grams to Kilograms was developed to support Year 6 students as they learn to convert measurements including calculating the...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Monster Measure - cm to m Game

    The Monster Measure - cm to m Game was designed to support the Australian Year 6 Mathematics Curriculum as students convert measurement.

  • Resource Year: 6

    Grams to Kilograms Game

    The Grams to Kilograms Game was developed for Year 6 to support the Measurement strand of the Mathematics Curriculum. It makes a perfect rot...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Abacus Bingo to 100 000

    The Abacus Bingo GameΒ to 100 000 was created to support the Year 4 Mathematics Curriculum and assists students in consolidating knowledge of...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Centimetres to Metres Game

    Centimetres to Metres Game

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

    Measurement Madness - cm mm Game

    Measurement Madness is a game that provides consolidation of converting centimetres to millimetres.

  • Resource Year: 5 6 H

    Area Perimeter Posters

    This set of classroom posters teachers students how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles, squares and irregular polygons. It provide...

  • FREE! Resource Year: 5

    Seize the Room - Perimeter

    In the game, Seize the Room - Perimeter, players must determine the perimeter of a shape and locate the square containing the matching answe...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Hunt Game

    In the Perimeter Hunt Game, students will determine the perimeters of various shapes to progress around the game board. An answer card is in...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Mass Conversion Game

    The Mass Conversion Game is played on two levels. The first level involves the conversion of grams to kilograms while Level 2 involves conve...

  • Resource Year: 6 H

    Equal Volumes Game

    The Equal Volumes Game involves conversion of litres to millilitres and vice versa. Students simply match the cards to find the pairs.

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Area Hysteria - Game

    In the Area Hysteria - Game, students will calculate the area of rectangles using the formula Area = Length (L) x Width (W) and then match t...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Rainbow Snake Game - Measurement

    The Rainbow Snake maths game looks at simple measurement conversions and is suitable for Year 6 under the Australian Curriculum. Β  Measure...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Animal Enclosures - Perimeter

    This fun Animal Enclosures - Game focuses on finding the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes. Students must find the perimeter of each...

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