Grade 4 Lesson plan
Field Day Coolers at Falconer Elementary: Cups, Quarts, Gallons
A grade 4 measurement lesson where students build gallon-to-quart and gallon-to-cup tables to plan how many servings the field day water coolers can pour.
Common Core Math · Grade 4
4.MD.A.1 Convert measurement units within a system
Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students build a two-column table converting liters of water in a tank to milliliters, or hours of a filling cycle to minutes, the same kind of conversion table a household water-use guide prints for its readers. This is the elementary root of the unit-conversion chains operators run on licensing exams.
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20 materials aligned to 4.MD.A.1
Lesson plans
Grade 4 Lesson plan
Quillmont Garden Drip Timers: Minutes, Gallons, and Trips
A grade 4 lesson at a fictional community garden, where students convert hours to minutes, multiply a pump rate by run time, and interpret a leftover trip.
Worksheets
Grade 4 Worksheet
Portwick Camp's Wash Station Drain Field: Checking Two Designs
A grade 4 worksheet checking two gravel drain field designs for a fictional camp wash station against a creek setback, a gravel depth rule, and a token limit.
Grade 4 Worksheet
Elmwood Water Plant Tour: A Grade 4 Unit Conversion Table
A grade 4 math worksheet set at the fictional Elmwood water plant, where students build a two-column table to convert liters, hours, and kilograms into smaller units.
Grade 4 Worksheet
Sycamore Flats Water Tower: A Gallons-to-Quarts Worksheet
A grade 4 worksheet at a fictional hilltop water tower where students convert gallons to quarts and cups, convert hours to minutes, and solve measurement word problems.
Grade 4 Worksheet
Reading the Torbeck Reservoir Depth Log in a Dry Month
A grade 4 science worksheet using a fictional reservoir's five weekly depth readings to find drops in inches, convert to feet, and explain where the missing water went.
Grade 4 Worksheet
Logging Water at the Ashcombe Treatment Plant: A Conversion Worksheet
A grade 4 worksheet converting liters to milliliters and hours to minutes in a fictional treatment plant's daily logbook.
Grade 4 Worksheet
Millbrook Elementary's Water Cooler: Gallons, Quarts, and Cups
A grade 4 worksheet where students convert a fictional school water cooler's gallons to quarts and cups, then solve word problems about refilling it and its reserve.
Grade 4 Worksheet
Riverside Elementary's Rain Barrel: Liters, Milliliters, and Minutes
A grade 4 worksheet using a school rain barrel to practice converting liters to milliliters and hours to minutes, plus multi-digit multiplication of collection totals.
Math problem sets
Grade 4 Math problem set
Vinefield Orchard's Water Haul: Tank Trips and Tree Blocks
Ten grade 4 problems on hauling water to a fictional orchard during a pipe repair, ending with a choice between a trailer plan and a truck plan on time and cost.
Grade 4 Math problem set
Sample Bottles on the Lantwick Water Testing Route
Ten grade 4 problems following a fictional town's weekly water sampling route, multiplying bottles, tests, and miles and converting milliliters and minutes.
Grade 4 Math problem set
Tealwood Filter Washes: Hours, Minutes, and Seconds
A grade 4 problem set following a fictional filter plant's wash schedule, converting hours to minutes and minutes to seconds and solving two-step crew problems.
Labs & experiments
Grade 4 Lab / experiment
Timing How Fast Quillen Bend's Muddy Water Clears
A two-session grade 4 lab timing how sand, garden soil, and clay settle out of shaken jars, then linking the results to the settling basin at a water plant.
Grade 4 Lab / experiment
Ice Wedging Under Gattock Road: A Freeze-and-Thaw Lab
A grade 4 lab running three freeze-and-thaw cycles on wet and dry chalk samples to show why a fictional town's roads and pipes crack most in late winter.
Classroom activities
Grade 4 Classroom activity
Marlbeck Ridge Runoff Trays: Measuring How Far Water Travels
A grade 4 activity where teams build a foil ridge in a tray, pour water down both slopes, and measure the runoff distance in centimeters and millimeters.
Grade 4 Classroom activity
Vellacourt Elementary's Leak Patrol: Timing Drips at School
A grade 4 station activity where teams count drips for one minute, time a cup filling, and convert minutes to seconds to size up a school's slow leaks.
Quizzes & test questions
Grade 4 Quiz & test questions
How Corven Bay Changed After Its Sea Water Plant
A grade 4 quiz using a then-and-now table for a fictional coastal town that began making drinking water from sea water, with measurement and time word problems.
Grade 4 Quiz & test questions
Halesford Water Department: A Grade 4 Water Math Quiz
A grade 4 quiz for the fictional Halesford Water Department, mixing multiple-choice, short-answer, and computation items on conversion, multiplication, and rounding.
Grade 4 Quiz & test questions
Hobbsville Public Works Quiz: Storm Drains and Plant Pumps
A 30-point grade 4 quiz on a fictional public works week, mixing unit conversion choices, multi-digit multiplication, rounding, and short written answers.
Grade 4 Quiz & test questions
Hazel Ridge Water Systems Unit Test: Pumping, Trips, and Conversions
A grade 4 unit test on a fictional town's water system, mixing multiple-choice, short-answer, and computation items on multiplication, division, and unit conversion.