Metric System Lapbook for Elementary Students

Print out this free Metric System Lapbook for elementary students, as a fun way to learn and review the metric system.

Your student will learn about the metric system prefixes, commonly used units, how the metric system compares to the English system, the history of the metric system, and more.

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Here are the resources used in the Metric System Lapbook:

Handy Dandy Metric System Placement
Online information about the metric system from Britannica Kids
Numberock video about the metric system
Two of the retro episodes of the Metric Marvels (from the guys who made School House Rock) Metric Education and Meter Man
Printable Metric System Lapbook from the Free Resource Library

Metric System Lapbook Activities:

Units Index Card Book

List what each of the units measure and some items you might measure with them.

Prefixes Meet in the Middle Book

List each of the metric prefixes and fill in the squares with zeros to represent the value of each prefix.

Metric System History Booklet

Write about the history of measurement, who invented the metric system, and where it is currently used.

Comparison to English Measures Book

Learn which English measurements compare to Metric measurements.

Big and Little Flap Prefixes Book

Expand your knowledge beyond the common metric prefixes to include some of the really big and really little prefixes. Inside each flap, write the prefix for the number given.

You might also like our free Metric Conversions Worksheet and our free Metric System Notebooking Page.

Here’s how to put together your Metric Systems Lapbook:

Download the free printable templates for the Metric System Lapbook from the Free Resource Library. Look under Lapbooks.

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Metric Conversions Worksheet

Metric Systems Notebooking Page