Friday 23rd August 2013

Your task today is to complete the task on the board
Then follow link to play the measurement game online.

You need to select the appropriate length and weight for the item

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/geometry/measurement.html

Mathematics- Measurement and Geometry- Length

Length  

Measuring how long things are, how tall they are, or how far apart they might be are all examples of length measurements.

Millimeters Centimeters Meters Kilometers

Small units of length are called millimeters.

A millimeter is about the thickness of a plastic id card (or credit card).

Or about the thickness of 10 sheets of paper on top of each other.

This is a very small measurement!

Centimeters 

When you have something that is 10 millimeters, it can be said that it is 1 centimeter. 1 centimeter = 10 millimeters A fingernail is about one centimeter wide.

You might use centimeters to measure how tall you are, or how wide a table is, but you would not use it to measure the length of football field. In order to do that, you would switch to meters.

Meters

A meter is equal to 100 centimeters. 1 meter = 100 centimeters The length of this guitar is about 1 meter Meters might be used to measure the length of a house, or the size of a playground.

Kilometers

When you need to get from one place to another, you will need to measure that distance using kilometers. A kilometer is equal to 1,000 meters. The distance from one city to another or how far a plane travels would be measured using kilometers.

Final thoughts about measuring length:

1 centimeter = 10 millimeters

1 meter = 100 centimeters

1 kilometer = 1000 meters

Source: http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/metric-system-introduction.html

Mathematics- Length- Online Games

Compare, order and measure length

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/mw/help/eh_popup_k.thtml&grade=K&title=Compare,+Order,+and+Measure+Length&tm=tmfa0113e

Reading Length

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/measures/index.htm

Measurement Game

Easy, medium and hard centimeters

Easy, medium and hard inches

http://www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html

Longer or shorter

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/longer_shorter/