(#02) Measuring Length
Your students will discover that measuring length in
centimeters is no different than using thumb widths or paper clips.
Centimeters are just easier to use, everywhere the same, and conveniently
converted, by multiples of 10, into other metric forms.
Measuring Length teaches students to stretch a ruler to its limit of
accuracy, to estimate the last digit, to report plus/minus uncertainty.
Every lesson is high interest and hands-on. Your students will estimate
the height of tall buildings and reinvent the measuring wheel. They'll
improvise meter tapes, then design nut-and-bolt Vernier calipers that are
100 times more accurate.
(#02) MEASURING LENGTH is part of our Self-Directing Task Card Series. It is a 48 page soft-bound book organized into three main parts:
INTRODUCTION
* A TOPS Model for Effective Science Teaching * Getting Ready * Gathering
Materials * Sequencing Task Cards * Long Range Objectives * Review / Test
Questions
TEACHING NOTES (16 lessons) * All Kinds of Measure * Metric Prefixes *
Metric Equivalents * Miles and Kilometers * Estimate the Last Digit
* Significant Figures * Hairline Measure * Agree / Disagree (1)
* Agree / Disagree (2) * Norm Average * Long and Short
* Rolling Measure * Nuts and Bolts (1) * Nuts and Bolts (2)
* To the Moon * Line of Sight
REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS
* 16 Open-Ended Task Cards * Rulers
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(#02) MEASURING LENGTH requires no lab equipment or unusual supplies. Just photocopy the 16 task cards, gather simple materials (like adding machine tape, string, cans and nuts and bolts), and you're ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on.
GRADE RANGE: 6-10
ORIGINS: written by Ron Marson / illustrated by Peg Marson
/ copyrighted in 1991
by TOPS Learning Systems / ISBN 0-941008-72-X
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#02 Measuring Length @ $8.00
