Lesson 1 ends at 10.25.
Break is until 10.50
Challenge Question
How do you know which is the most appropriate unit to use?
Learning Targets
Beginning
To be able to explain how to convert from one metric unit to another.
Developing
To be able to use conversion factors for converting one unit into another including approximate conversions from imperial units to metric units.
Mastering
What are the common conversion that we need to know?
Resources
Beginning
Developing
Mastering
Ten Tick 4, 3, 31 ask the class the first measure the lengths
Introduce the “metric sorting exercise” asking students to cut and sort into four piles (length, area, volume and weight)
Now introduce the idea of converting between units (eg. 100cm = 1m)
Ten Ticks - 5, 3, 29
Use whiteboards to check understanding of units
Run though some basic conversions - metres - feet etc
Ten Ticks - 5, 3, 37
Homework
A poster showing the major unit conversions between metric and imperial. Upload a photo to showbie.
