EXPLORING MEASUREMENT

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EXPLORINGMEASUREMENT

• HOW TALL IS IT?

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REMEMBER WHEN?
In Science class we planted the seeds.
Then we waited...
And waited
And waited
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And while we waited
In Art Class We talked about height.
In Language Arts We read poetry about height.
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One Inch Tall By Shel Silverstein If you were
only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to
school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be
your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a
feast And last you seven days at least, A flea
would be a frightening beast If you were one inch
tall. If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk
beneath the door, And it would take about a month
to get down to the store. A bit of fluff would be
your bed, You'd swing upon a spider's thread, And
wear a thimble on your head If you were one inch
tall. You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a
stick of gum. You couldn't hug your mama, you'd
just have to hug her thumb. You'd run from
people's feet in fright, To move a pen would take
all night, (This poem took fourteen years to
write-- 'Cause I'm just one inch tall).
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And wrote about it in our journals.
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And researched MEASUREMENT.
On the computer
And in the library.
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And now.
Our plants have grown.
Lets get measuring!
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What tools will you need?

• A pencil
• A ruler, yardstick or measuring tape
• Your notebooks open to your Data Chart

Your data chart should look like this
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How do we get an accurate measurement?

• Start with your measuring instrument at the base
  of the plant.
• Make sure the lower numbers of the measuring
  instrument are at the base of the plant.
• Read the number at the highest point of the
  plant. This is the height of the plant.
• Record this number on your data chart.

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Lets try an example
Will this boy get an accurate measurement?
No, he needs to move the yardstick up to the base
of the plant.
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Whats next?
How to graph
our results from the data chart