We've learned to use lots of different tools for measuring including our hands, 30cm rulers, 1m rulers and more!
Here are some pictures to show what we've been up to.
This group have been learning about centimetres and metres. Here we are measuring things around the school with our metre long pieces of string. It's really interesting to see the length, height or width of something and understand what a metre is.
They also used their metre long strings to measure the length of one of our breakout spaces. Here the group is working together to get an accurate measurement, ensuring the string pieces are touching and are straight.
Here they are ensuring every gap is filled. They made it to the end of the breakout space and discovered that it is 7.83m long, that's also the same as 783cms long. We had to get the metre ruler out to check the exact length because our last piece of string didn't fit perfectly.
This group has been measuring with non standard units. Today was their final lesson and they had to create a bridge that was long enough (and stable enough) for their gingerbread man to cross. They were only allowed to use: 2 pieces of A4 paper, cubes, sellotape, glue and scissors.
They came up with lots of different designs and did lots of estimating to figure out how long the bridge had to be.
Wow - looks like you guys are having lots of fun with measurement.
ReplyDeleteWould it make sense to use cm's or m's to measure our break out spaces here in Kererū?
Hi, thanks for your reply. What a good question. We think it would be best for you to use metres because it is bigger than cms and also it will take less time to measure in metres. We would love to know how long your breakout space is so that we can compare them.
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