| Lesson Plans:
Plane Capacity
Students will solve problems related to the capacity of
an airplane.
Runways & Take Off
Students will be able to interpret word problems to
figure out how to solve a problem.
A Liter Bit of This and an Ounce of That
(Scroll down to Science → Chemistry → A Liter Bit of This and an Ounce
of That)
Seven lessons using customary
and metric measurements.
Adventures in
Statistics
A mathematics project involving students and the area of classrooms, which incorporates
measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of
results.
Cool to Rule
A Game of Estimation and Measurement. This activity
provides an excellent opportunity for students to review measurement and
estimation skills while having fun at the same time.
Learning Measurement
In this lesson, students will understand the
attribute of length, develop a process of measuring, understand concepts
related to units of measure, use estimating to measure, and learn how to
use these processes in everyday life.
How Tall, How
Short, How Faraway
Students will be able to list in journal what
"measurement" is. As a group, will measure with standard and
non-standard units and record data on class chart. Students will be able
to construct a meter tape.
Measuring Penny
Students will increase awareness of the variety of ways available to
measure.
Collecting The Rays
In this lesson, students explore how
variations in solar collectors affect the energy absorbed. They make
rectangular prisms that have the same volume but different linear
dimensions. Students investigate relationships among the linear
dimensions, the area, and the volume of rectangular prisms.
Don't
Tell the Principal--But There's a Whale in the Parking Lot!
After completion of this unit, students will be able to graph lengths
of whales, create accurate depictions of various whales on posters,
estimate and predict the lengths of whales using various measurement
tools and participate in the painting of a "blue whale" on the school
parking lot.
Jump!
Jump!
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of how to take an accurate
measurement to the nearest inch and how to add, multiply and divide
numbers to find averages. Students will also construct a
chart/table to record their results. Additionally students will
apply knowledge of topic sentences and detail sentences to write a
paragraph explaining how they arrived at their results.
Flying Into Spring
Students use measurement and geometry to design a kite for spring.
Bubble & Squeak
(Scroll down to Mathematics → Measurement → Bubble & Squeak)
This 4 lesson unit is designed to provide students a unique,
interactive, and historical approach to the mathematical concepts of
measurement and fractions.
Exploring Area
The focus of this ten-day unit is to introduce the geometric concept
of area by combining literature with the use of two different
manipulatives: square tiles and tangrams.
Let's Measure!
Through this extensive study of measurement students will gain a
better understanding of linear measurement, weight (mass), and
capacity.
Perimeter
Calculate perimeter using iteration with nonstandard units of
measurement.
Temperature
(Celsius)
Students will work with Celsius and Fahrenheit scales, solve Celsius
and Fahrenheit conversion problems, convert temperatures to Celsius.
Weight -
Ounces/Pounds
Students will select appropriate units for measuring and solving
problems in customary systems, identify equivalent measures within a
measurement system, and estimate, determine, record, and discuss
weight using appropriate customary measuring tools and units.
Includes a PowerPoint on Capacity.
Capacity (Pints
& Quarts)
The students will identify and compare pints and quarts.
Includes a PowerPoint on Capacity.
Area
Students will learn how to find the area of a rectangle by using
square units. Includes a PowerPoint on Area & Perimeter.
Capacity
(Gallon, Quart, Pint, Cup)
The purpose of this lesson is to help students identify customary
units for measuring. Students will identify gallons, quarts, pints,
and cups and discover that differently shaped containers can hold the
same amount. Students will compare gallons, quarts, pints, and cups.
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