Measurement Centres
At the first centre, students had to trace a group member and measure
anything they could on the outline of their friend.
When the measuring was complete, they began to decorate.
'...his leg is 6 cm...'
'It's 26cm across here...'
Another centre was to put a car on the track and measure the
distance travelled by the car.
'To measure past one metre, I have to put my finger and then move the ruler...'
'2m and 26cm...that's like 200 cm and 26 cm...it's 226cm!'
During another activity, students presented their measurements
to their friends. There got to choose what to measure, and what tool
to use (cm ruler, metre stick).
'I used a cm ruler to measure the computer keyboard
because the keyboard is pretty small.'
'We used a metre ruler to measure the filing cabinet because it's tall.'
'I'm taller than a metre so a cm ruler will be too small...let's use a metre stick...'
They made all sorts of measurement discoveries!!
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