Explains the concept of height and how it is measured. Discusses depth, angles, altitude, and record breakers. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, activities, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Exciting pictures and interesting facts will help introduce readers to the ideas and units of height measurement. Including measurements of some of the highest places in the world, readers will be guided through understanding altitude, estimating, and the metric system.
Describes some of the different tools used to measure height, explaining what height is, discussing rulers, tape measures, angles, estimation, and other topics, and including an experiment.