Unit 7 Measurement
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit, students should be able to: • Solve practical problems that involve perimeter, area, and volume in standard units of measure • Determine the perimeters of polygons • Estimate and determine the areas of squares, rectangles, and right triangles • Develop a procedure for determining volume using manipulatives • Estimate and determine the volume of rectangular prisms • Describe practical situations where perimeter, area, and volume are appropriate measures to use, and justify orally or in writing • Identify whether the application of the concept of perimeter, area, or volume is appropriate for a given situation • Identify equivalent measurement within the metric system for length (millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers), mass (grams, kilograms), and liquid volume (milliliters, liters) • Estimate and measure to solve practical problems that involve metric units of length, mass, and liquid volume • Solve practical problems related to elapsed time in hours and minutes within a 24-hour period determining the beginning time, the ending time or the elapsed time |
Essential Questions
• How does what we measure influence how we measure? How can you use estimation to support measuring accurately? • What are the similarities and differences among the measurement attributes (i.e., length, weight, capacity, area, volume, temperature, time)? • What would influence your decision in choosing a unit of measure? • In what situations would you need to convert a measurement from one unit to another? • How do the known elements change how you model elapsed time? |
Unit Vocabulary
Measurement
Perimeter Area Volume Convert/conversion polygons Prisms Rectangle Elapsed Time |
Metric System
King Henry Died Unusually Drinking Chocolate Milk Kilo Unit Deci Centi Mili |
Metric
Length = Meter Volume = Liter Mass = Gram US Customary Length = Inch, foot, yard, mile Volume - cup, pint, quart, gallon mass = ounce, pound, ton |
Measurement
Perimeter
Area
Volume
Convert/Conversion
Polygon
Elapsed
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the size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring
the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric figure
a part of an object or surface, interior of a polygon
the amount of space that a substance or object occupies 3 dimensional
change or be able to change from one form to another
a plane figure with at least three straight sides and angles, and typically five or more
Amount (of time) gone by or passed
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