Measurement Unit

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Measurement Unit
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Essential Questions

• Why is it important to convert units of
  measurement?
• How do you find the perimeter, area, and volume
  of various shapes?
• Why is important to be able to measure with
  different mediums?

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Academic Areas
Math
Science
English
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Technology Goals
Use digital tools to collect and organize data
Process data and report on results
Identify and define problems and questions for
investigation
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Introduction Tour The School
Tour the school to measure different objects.
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Guided Performance
Help the students learn to measure things to the
nearest inch, quarter inch, eight inch and more.
Use rulers as a class to measure things together
and work to measuring on our own.
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Culminating Activity
Metric
Olympics
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What will we do?

• Students will participate in various Olympic
  Events where they will measure their results
• Convert their measurements
• Graph Results

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Ending with a bang...
Or maybe just a little song!
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Measurement's Not My Foe! By Cherry Carl(Tune
I've Been Working on the Railroad

• I've been learning how to measureWith my ruler
  in hand.I've been learning how to measureAnd I
  think it's really grand.I have seen the teacher
  showingHow to measure with an inch,I have heard
  the teacher saying,"Inches are a cinch!"
  Measure with an inch.Measure with a foot.I can
  measure all day long.Measure with an
  inch.Measure with a foot.

• I can even measure this song!I know how to use
  my ruler.I know how to use my yardstick.I know
  how to measure anything!'Cause measurement's not
  a trick!Me, my, middle-e-i-o.Me, my,
  middle-e-i-o-o-o-o.Me, my, middle-e-i-o.Measurem
  ent's not my foe!