Big or Small: Measure It All
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Standards Addressed
Mathematics — Measurement Standards

 

Grade 3
03-04 Benchmark A: Select appropriate units for perimeter, area, weight, volume (capacity), time and temperature, using:

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01. Identify and select appropriate units for measuring the following:

  • temperature – degrees (Fahrenheit or Celsius)

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz — Timing Race

 

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04. Read thermometers in both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz — Timing Race

 

03-04 Benchmark E: Tell time to the nearest minute.

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03. Tell time to the nearest minute and find elapsed time using a calendar or a clock.

Think Time!

 

03-04 Benchmark C: Develop common referents for units of measure for length, weight, volume (capacity) and time to make comparisons and estimates.

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05. Estimate and measure length, weight and volume (capacity), using metric and U.S. customary units, accurate to the nearest or unit as appropriate.

The Excellent Estimator

 

Grade 4
03-04 Benchmark A: Select appropriate units for perimeter, area, weight, volume (capacity), time and temperature using:

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03. Identify and select appropriate units to measure the following:

  • perimeter — string or links (inches or centimeters).
  • area — tiles (square inches or square centimeters).
  • volume — cubes (cubic inches or cubic centimeters).

Cover It Up and Keep It Green

New McDonald’s Farm — Planting the Corn

New McDonald’s Farm — Storing the Corn

 

03-04 Benchmark C: Develop common referents for units of measure for length, weight, volume (capacity) and time to make comparisons and estimates.

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02. Demonstrate and describe perimeter as surrounding and area as covering a two-dimensional shape, and volume as filling a three-dimensional object.

Design a Landfill for Your School

Fill It Up — Design a Landfill

Measuring the Aircraft at Wright-Patterson — Cargo Carriers

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Measures Up — Making a Runway

 

03-04 Benchmark B: Know that the number of units is inversely related to the size of the unit for any item being measured.

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05. Make simple unit conversions within a measurement system; e.g., inches to feet, kilograms to grams, quarts to gallons.

The Excellent Estimator

Lift Off!

Pegasus: A Myth About Flight

Watch Out, NASCAR — Here Comes Our Car!

 

03-04 Benchmark D: Identify appropriate tools and apply counting techniques for measuring side lengths, perimeter and area of squares, rectangles and simple irregular two-dimensional shapes, volume of rectangular prisms and time and temperature.

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04. Develop and use strategies to find perimeter using string or links, area using tiles or a grid, and volume using cubes; e.g., count squares to find area of regular or irregular shapes on a grid, layer cubes in a box to find its volume.

Can Your Boat Float?

Design a Landfill for Your School

Fill It Up — Design a Landfill

Watch Out, NASCAR — Here Comes Our Car!

 

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G03-04.BD.L04.I06

06. Write, solve and verify solutions to multi-step problems involving measurement.

Design a Landfill for Your School

Fill It Up — Design a Landfill

Measuring the Aircraft at Wright-Patterson — Cargo Carriers

New McDonald’s Farm — Planting the Corn

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Measures Up — Making a Runway

 

Grade 5
05-07 Benchmark E: Use problem solving techniques and technology as needed to solve problems involving length, weight, perimeter, area, volume, time and temperature.

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02. Identify paths between points on a grid or coordinate plane and compare the lengths of the paths; e.g., shortest path, paths of equal length.

I Want a Doughnut!

 

05-07 Benchmark F: Analyze and explain what happens to area and perimeter or surface area and volume when the dimensions of an object are changed.

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03. Demonstrate and describe the differences between covering the faces (surface area) and filling the interior (volume) of three-dimensional objects.

Can Your Boat Float?

Measuring the Aircraft at Wright-Patterson — Cargo Carriers

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

 

05-07 Benchmark G: Understand and demonstrate the independence of perimeter and area for two-dimensional shapes and of surface area and volume for three-dimensional shapes.

Measurement Units / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BG.L05.I03

03. Demonstrate and describe the differences between covering the faces (surface area) and filling the interior (volume) of three-dimensional objects.

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

New McDonald’s Farm — Storing the Corn

What Measure Will You Use?

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Measures Up — Making a Runway

 

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04. Demonstrate understanding of the differences among linear units, square units and cubic units.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Measures Up — Making a Runway

 

05-07 Benchmark B: Convert units of length, area, volume, mass and time within the same measurement system.

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BB.L05.I05

05. Make conversions within the same measurement system while performing computations.

Balloon Design Challenge

The Excellent Estimator

How Much Do You Weigh on Other Planets?

Lift Off!

The Long, Winding Road

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz — Timing Race

 

05-07 Benchmark C: Identify appropriate tools and apply appropriate techniques for measuring angles, perimeter or circumference and area of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles and composite shapes, and surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders.

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06. Use strategies to develop formulas for determining perimeter and area of triangles, rectangles and parallelograms, and volume of rectangular prisms.

Sail Away

 

Grade 6
05-07 Benchmark F: Analyze and explain what happens to area and perimeter or surface area and volume when the dimensions of an object are changed.

Measurement Units / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BF.L06.I01

01. Understand and describe the difference between surface area and volume.

Can Your Boat Float?

Design a Landfill for Your School

Fill It Up — Design a Landfill

Game Day

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

New McDonald’s Farm — Storing the Corn

 

05-07 Benchmark G: Understand and demonstrate the independence of perimeter and area for two-dimensional shapes and of surface area and volume for three-dimensional shapes.

Measurement Units / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BG.L06.I01

01. Understand and describe the difference between surface area and volume.

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

New McDonald’s Farm — Storing the Corn

 

05-07 Benchmark C: Identify appropriate tools and apply appropriate techniques for measuring angles, perimeter or circumference and area of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles and composite shapes, and surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders.

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BC.L06.I02

02. Use strategies to develop formulas for finding circumference and area of circles, and to determine the area of sectors.

Cover It Up and Keep It Green

New McDonald’s Farm — Storing the Corn

 

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BC.L06.I03

03. Estimate perimeter or circumference and area for circles, triangles and quadrilaterals, and surface area and volume for prisms and cylinders by performing the following:

 

05-07 Benchmark E: Use problem solving techniques and technology as needed to solve problems involving length, weight, perimeter, area, volume, time and temperature.

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04. Determine which measure (perimeter, area, surface area, volume) matches the context for a problem situation; e.g., perimeter is the context for fencing a garden, surface area is the context for painting a room.

Design a Landfill for Your School

The Excellent Estimator

Game Day

The Long, Winding Road

New McDonald’s Farm — Planting the Corn

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

What Measure Will You Use?

05-07 Benchmark F: Analyze and explain what happens to area and perimeter or surface area and volume when the dimensions of an object are changed.

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BF.L06.I06

06. Describe what happens to the perimeter and area of a two-dimensional shape when the measurements of the shape are changed; e.g. length of sides are doubled.

Game Day

 

05-07 Benchmark G: Understand and demonstrate the independence of perimeter and area for two-dimensional shapes and of surface area and volume for three-dimensional shapes.

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BG.L06.I05

05. Understand the difference between perimeter and area, and demonstrate that two shapes may have the same perimeter, but different areas or may have the same area, but different perimeters.

Can Your Boat Float?

Game Day

 

Grade 7
05-07 Benchmark A: Select appropriate units to measure angles, circumference, surface area, mass and volume.

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01. Select appropriate units for measuring derived measurements; e.g., miles per hour, revolutions per minute.

The Long, Winding Road

 

05-07 Benchmark E: Use strategies to develop formulas for finding circumference and area of circles, and determine the area of sectors.

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BE.L07.I05

05. Analyze problem situations involving measurement concepts, select appropriate strategies, and use an organized approach to solve narrative and increasingly complex problems.

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

New McDonald’s Farm — Storing the Corn

 

05-07 Benchmark F: Analyze and explain what happens to area and perimeter or surface area and volume when the dimensions of an object are changed.

Use Measurement Techniques and Tools / Y2003.CMA.S02.G05-07.BF.L07.I09

09. Describe what happens to the surface area and volume of a three-dimensional object when the measurements of the object are changed; e.g., length of sides are doubled.

New McDonald’s Farm — Selling the Corn

 

Grade 8
08-10 Benchmark B: Use formulas to find surface area and volume for specified three-dimensional objects accurate to a specified level of precision.

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04. Derive formulas for surface area and volume and justify them using geometric models and common materials. For example, find:

 

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