Measure This!

Measure This! STEM Kit contents
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Age range
Preschool-1st Grade

Learn the basic principles of measurement with eight books and a variety of fun measuring tools.

Contents

  • 8 Books
    • How Tall, How Short, How Far Away? by David A. Adler and Nancy Tobin
    • Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
    • Inchworm and a Half by Elinor J. Pinczes and Randall Enos
    • Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E. Wells
    • Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
    • Lucy in the City by Julie Dillemuth and Laura Wood
    • Mapping My Day by Julie Dillemuth and Laura Wood
    • Temperature by Julia Vogel
  • 2 Precision School Balances
    • 10 Weights
  • 2 Student Balances
  • 2 Pretend & Play Tape Measures
  • 16 Paper Rulers
  • 3 Small 6' Tape Measures
  • 40 Flexible Yellow Measuring Tapes
  • 40 Plastic Rulers
  • 500 Multicolored Cubes
  • Resource Binder

 

Additional Resources

  • One Foot Wonders
    • Explore standard and nonstandard measurement by hunting for objects that are one foot long. Then, work together to create a collaborative story about the items found.

 

This STEM Kit was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.