In this strand, students learn about the measurable attributes of objects and about the units and
processes involved in measurement. Students begin to learn how to measure by working with
non-standard units, and then progress to using the basic metric units to measure quantities
such as length, area, volume, capacity, mass, and temperature. They identify benchmarks to help
them recognize the magnitude of units such as the kilogram, the litre, and the metre. Skills
associated with telling time and computing elapsed time are also developed. Students learn
about important relationships among measurement units and about relationships involved in
calculating the perimeters, areas, and volumes of a variety of shapes and figures.