Instructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to —

understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement;
apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements.

Source: NCTM Standards for Measurement http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter3/meas.htm

Your Body Ruler http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/bodyruler/ (kinesthetic learning)
Megapenny Project http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp (tactile and visual learning)

Measurement in...

1. A Dictionary of Units of Measurement http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
2. Journal of Measurement Science and Technology http://www.iop.org/EJ/S/UNREG/journal/0957-0233 subscription only, but the title provides many up-to-date applications. So you don't understand the jargon --- it's a good way to get stuents learning online and teaching YOU!
3. An on-line calculator and convertor of units. Good practice for dimensions and unit conversions. http://www.convertit.com/go/testandmeasurement/
4. National Council on Measurement in Education http://www.ncme.org/ about measuring student knowledge /learning e.g., through standardized tests. Measurement nonetheless!
5. NIST, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, IS the US government research center that develops and sets the standards for calibration and measurement http://www.nist.gov/
6. Scientific Notation and Antilogs http://members.aol.com/profchm/log.html
7. A Tour of Measurement http://mathforum.org/paths/measurement/index.html
8. Making Measurement Simple: The Metric System http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/6/89.06.02.x.html

9. A scandal in measurement

What's the scope of measurement?

1. Professional WorkPlace Training Course Curriculum http://www.wptraining.com/measure.html In the technical work place, measurement ability and understanding are key to success on the job. Measurement is dependent on the instruments used.
2. School MathFun.com http://shop.store.yahoo.com/mathedufun-store/measurment.html
3. Most data is collected from only six types of measurements! What are these six types of measurements?
4. The first measured century http://www.pbs.org/fmc/ relating social studies and math.

Uncertainty in measurements...

1. National Institute of Standards and Technology: How professionals express uncertainty when submitting reports. EVERY measurement has uncertainty. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Uncertainty/

2. How come you can have a one inch circle, but cannot get an accurate measurement of the circle's diameter? Measurement and algebra. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/54660.htm

• Laboratory technician
• Sanitarian
• Quality Control
• Investigator
• Weights and measures in commerce http://www.mda.state.mi.us/consumer/weights/index.html

• The atmosphere on the scale of a road map http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/map_altitude/
• Interactive calculator http://www.convert-me.com/en/
• Science NetLinks http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=110 and here http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=267 and here http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/pdfs/treecore_actsheet.pdf
• http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/global/tchcore.html
• Maps and scales http://www.bfi.org/map.htm#define
• Measuring clouds (global change monitoring) http://www.arm.gov/

• Interactive calculator http://www.convert-me.com/en/
• http://www.learn.motion.com/lim/var/VariationVideo1.html
• NIST http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/kids/kidsmain.htm
• http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/global/tchcore.html
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=198
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/pdfs/treecore_actsheet.pdf
• Spectroscopy http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html
• What is temperature? http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html
• Online scaling tutorial for organismal biology http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/able/volumes/vol-20/1-colton/scalingtutorial/

• Interactive calculator http://www.convert-me.com/en/
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=110
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=267
• http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html
• Edible batteries http://madsci.wustl.edu/experiments/archive/889917606.Ch.html
• What is temperature? http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html
• Lessons http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/default.htm
• Electricity http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/07electr/default.htm

• Interactive calculator http://www.convert-me. com/en/
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm? DocID=198
• http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/pdfs/treecore_ actsheet.pdf
• Professional example molecular probes http://www.probes.com/handbook/sections/0803.html and here http://www.probes.com/handbook/figures/0887.html
• Challenge document http://www.probes.com/media/publications/137.pdf
• Yeast viability/vitality and role in beer-brewing http://www.asbcnet.org/Journal/abstracts/ search/1999/0204-03a.htm and here (home-brewers)
  http:// www.beer-brewing.com/brewers-yeast/brewers-yeast-viability-replacement.htm
• Spectroscopy http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html
• What is temperature? http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html
• Online scaling tutorial for organismal biology http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/able/volumes/vol-20/1-colton/scalingtutorial/

• Interactive calculator http://www.convert-me.com/en/
• Community college program (focus on technical skills) http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/Milo/1/sld001.htm (powerpoint presentation)
• Dimensional analysis http://www.piedmont.tec.sc.us/CHM100/meas-dimanalysis.html
• Chemistry associations http://dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry/Associations/
• Analytical Chemistry for HS students http://www.udel.edu/chem/beebe/SummerChemistryOpportunities.htm
• NIST Metrology http://www.cstl.nist.gov/nist839/839.03/index.html
• Conductivity of metals of water of molecules of soil of ink Teaching about conductivity http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/teacher/conduct/teaching.html The story of conductivity http://global.horiba.com/story_e/conductivity/conductivity_06.htm
• Spectroscopy http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html
• What is temperature? http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html

• Interactive Calculator http://www.convert-me.com/en/
• Science Netlinks http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=110 and here http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=267
• What is temperature? http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html
• Lessons http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/default.htm

• http://www.chalmers.se/HyperText/MasterProgrammes/AppliedEnv.html

• http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=8064

• The Global Water Sampling Project http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/waterproj/data.shtml
• pH and conductivity and solutions http://www.usink.com/ph_conductivity.html http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Chemistry/Courses/CH1010/Stream1/conductivity.html
• Pathfinder Science (formerly the KANCRN site) http://pathfinderscience.net/
• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives 9-12 http://www.scimathmn.org/frameworks_science_3_9127.pdf
• LaMotte water sampling kits http://www.lamotte.com/pages/edu/soil.html
• Hach water sampling kits http://www.hach.com/h2ou/index.htm