This video illustrates the many everyday ways we measure things, and the importance of measurement in science. Concepts and terminology: length, liquid, mass, scale, temperature, and time.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2011. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015. Teacher's guide available under Additional info tag.

Credits: Why Do We Measure? (0:47); --Video Quiz (1:42); -- Video Review (0:52); -- Poverty and Corruption (3:07); -- Birth of Boko Haram (4:06); -- Nigerian Sect (2:19); -- Things We Measure (2:01); -- Ways We Measure (1:52); -- Units of Measurement (1:57); -- Video Review (0:52); -- Video Quiz (1:42); -- Credits: Why Do We Measure? (0:47); .