Summary
“Metric System Song” is a NUMBEROCK animated math music video about the metric system of measurement. Catchy and quick to drop into a math warm-up, mini-lesson, or review center.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
We measure to compare how long, heavy, much, or far -- and we convert between units so the numbers make sense together.
- What is being measured in this song, and in what units?
- How do you convert from one unit to a bigger or smaller one?
- When would you need to measure this in real life?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: measure, unit, length, weight, capacity, convert.
Try it: Measure something in the room, then express that measurement in a second unit.