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g1 Project 2
g1 Project 2
g1 Project 2
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Objectives:
Tomeasureareausingnonstandardunits.
Discusswithaparent:
Whatisarea?(
Areaistheamountofspaceinsidea2Dorflatobject.)
Whatdoesareatellyou?(
Areatellsyouhowbigaflatspaceis.)
Whywouldwewanttoknowtheareaofanobject?(
Exampleanswer:Maybemom
wantstobuyanewcarpetforthelivingroom.Momneedstoknowtheareaofthe
livingroomfloorbeforeshegoesshoppingtomakesurethecarpetwillfitinthe
room.)
Whataresomewayswecouldfindtheareaofanobject?Howcanwemeasureit?
Withadultsupervisionlistentoandwatch
onlinec/o
WordsAliveLiteracy
,orfindandreadthestory,
ItLookedLikeSpilt
Milk
,byCharlesG.Shaw.Focusonthe
differentshapesofthe
cloudsandthinkabouthowyoucouldfindtheirarea.
Activity:
First,getafewpiecesofstringthatare12incheslong,afewpiecesofblue
constructionpaper,glueandlotsofcottonballs.
Next,askanadulttotietheendsofthestringtogethersoyoucan
easilymakeashapewithit.Thenusethestringandonepieceof
blue
constructionpaperandmakea
closed
shapeofyourchoice
onthepaper.Gluethestringtothepaper.
Exampleshape
Then,stoptomakeaprediction.Predicthowmanycottonballsitwilltaketocoverthe
insideofyourshape.Recorditonthebackofyourpaper.
Ipredictitwilltake___________cottonballstocovermyfigure.
Next,placecottonballsinsideyourfigureuntiltheentireareaiscovered.DONTglue
themdownjustyet!OnceyourcottonballsareinplaceandALLoftheareaiscovered,
gluedown,countandrecordonthebackofyourpaperhowmanycottonballsitactually
tooktocoveryourfigure.
Itactuallytook___________cottonballstocovermyfigure.
Trymakingdifferentfigureswithnewpiecesofstringandpaper.Predict,andthen
cover,glueandrecordtheareasofyournewfigures.
After,discusswithanadult:
1. Whatistheareaofeachfigures?
2. Howdidyoufindtheareasusingcottonballs?
3. Couldyouusebeanstofindouttheareasofthefigures?
4. Wouldusingbeansgiveusthesameanswersasusingcottonballs?Whyorwhy
not?
5. Whatotherobjectscouldyouusetofindoutthearea?(
Tryit!
)
Finally,teachthislessontoanotherchildoradult.Whatwouldyoutellthemandwhat
instructionswouldyougivethem?Usethe
Howtowritingtemplate
toplan.
How to
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