Middle School Portal: Measurement Sliced and Diced

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written by Judy Spicer
published by the The Ohio State University
supported by the National Science Foundation

This standards-based module for the middle grades offers an array of online lessons, simulations, and activities to use in constructing a full unit on measurement. It was developed to help teachers provide scaffolding in areas where students often struggle with abstract ideas. It gives links that provide hands-on experiences with measuring, using scale and proportionality, and estimating. Each concept is supported with activities that use real-life applications where students make choices of which tools and units to use in problem solving.

This resource is part of the Middle School Portal, the math/science pathway of the National Science Digital Library.

http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/wiki/index.php/MSP_Middle...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
General Physics - Measurement/Units = Scaling = Units and Dimensional Analysis Other Sciences - Mathematics	- Middle School - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation = Lesson/Lesson Plan = Unit of Instruction

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- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics	- Lesson Plan - Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: The Ohio State University
Keywords:: measurement module, measurement unit
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created February 4, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 18, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 30, 2006

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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

9. The Mathematical World

9A. Numbers

6-8: 9A/M3b. How a quantity is expressed depends on how precise the measurement is and how precise an answer is needed.
9-12: 9A/H3. When calculations are made with measurements, a small error in the measurements may lead to a large error in the results.
9-12: 9A/H4. The effects of uncertainties in measurements on a computed result can be estimated.

9C. Shapes

6-8: 9C/M6. The scale chosen for a graph or drawing makes a big difference in how useful it is.
6-8: 9C/M7. For regularly shaped objects, relationships exist between the linear dimensions, surface area, and volume.
6-8: 9C/M10. Geometric relationships can be described using symbolic equations.

11. Common Themes

11D. Scale

6-8: 11D/M1. Some properties of an object depend on its length, some depend on its area, and some depend on its volume.

12. Habits of Mind

12B. Computation and Estimation

6-8: 12B/M3. Calculate the circumferences and areas of rectangles, triangles, and circles, and the volumes of rectangular solids.
6-8: 12B/M7b. Convert quantities expressed in one unit of measurement into another unit of measurement when necessary to solve a real-world problem.

12C. Manipulation and Observation

6-8: 12C/M3. Make accurate measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature by using appropriate devices.

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J. Spicer, (Ohio State University, Columbus, 2004), WWW Document, (http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/wiki/index.php/MSP_MiddleSchoolPortal/Measurement_Sliced_and_Diced.html).

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J. Spicer, Middle School Portal: Measurement Sliced and Diced (Ohio State University, Columbus, 2004), <http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/wiki/index.php/MSP_MiddleSchoolPortal/Measurement_Sliced_and_Diced.html>.

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Spicer, J. (2006, September 30). Middle School Portal: Measurement Sliced and Diced. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from Ohio State University: http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/wiki/index.php/MSP_MiddleSchoolPortal/Measurement_Sliced_and_Diced.html

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Spicer, Judy. Middle School Portal: Measurement Sliced and Diced. Columbus: Ohio State University, September 30, 2006. http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/wiki/index.php/MSP_MiddleSchoolPortal/Measurement_Sliced_and_Diced.html (accessed 10 October 2024).

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Spicer, Judy. Middle School Portal: Measurement Sliced and Diced. Columbus: Ohio State University, 2004. 30 Sep. 2006. National Science Foundation. 10 Oct. 2024 <http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/wiki/index.php/MSP_MiddleSchoolPortal/Measurement_Sliced_and_Diced.html>.

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