Basic Measurement: Step by Step

Learn the Customary and Metric System as you measure sizes, amounts, and degrees.

Whether determining your own height, the distance and time travelled during an airplane flight, or the depth of a swimming pool, understanding measurement is essential to our everyday lives. Basic Measurement: Step by Step lets children learn the basic concepts of measurement by identifying measurable properties, such as length, area, volume, time and temperature. With Basic Measurement, students learn to use the customary and metric systems and convert between the two, as well as estimation techniques for measuring both regular and irregular shapes.