Use THIS unit!
My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every
other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school:
So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. Izzy, she
would say, did you ask a good question today? That difference
asking good questions made me become a scientist.Use THIS unit!An
exploration in measurement. Challenge #1Working by yourself, list
as many different units of linear measure (ie things used to
describe how long, how wide, how tall something is) as you can in
30 seconds. Go!
After posing this challenge, make a list of units.3Challenge
#2Talk to your group and come up with a good question.
The question isWhy do we have more than one linear unit of
measure?Steer the discussion to WHY we have all th5So,Why DO we
have all those different units??Couldnt we get by with just
one?Challenge #3Come up with ANOTHER question.
The question isWhen would I use on unit over another?8Dont use
THIS unit!Think about football.
What would this sound like in football was measured in
inches?
Dont use this one either.Think about an index card:
What would we call this if we measured it in yards? Another
challenge:Work with your groups to come up with5 of your own
ridiculous measurement examples.
Use this sentence frame:What if we measured ______________ in
__________.
For example: what if we measured my height in miles?
Make your examples into a poster.DO use THESE units.As a final
example, work with your group to come up with 5 examples of things
that are measured. Only one can be linear. What is the unit of
measure that is appropriate?
____________ is measured in ________________. Theme from
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