Simple text and photos explain different ways to measure things.

Is baking basic chemistry? Are ingredients basic biology? And is cooking basic math? If you can't tell a tsp from a TBL, you're likely to get a pancake when you wanted a souffle. Basic math is needed to help you properly prepare a recipe your guests will enjoy, or to change your favorite recipe to serving ten people instead of four. Matt the Mathematical Cook is a lively host who will multiply, divide, measure and whip up a few recipes in the process....

Introduces the concepts of distance and length, discussing how they are measured, why measuring is important, units of measure, perspective, and the reasons for measuring a variety of objects and distances.

What are the features of a school change model? Can these characteristics be captured and shared with other schools? How can all members of the school community work together to effect change? In this four-part series, teachers and administrators explore specific ideas for implementing an apprenticeship literacy model that includes on-the-job experiences in five critical areas: assessing change over time in reading and writing progress colleague coaching...

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth.