ALEX Learning Activity

  

Measurement Interactives

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Emily Fogleman
System:Hoover City
School:Brock's Gap Intermediate School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 1865
Title:
Measurement Interactives
Digital Tool/Resource:
Sheppard Software-Measurement Games
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

This measurement menu is comprised of 11 interactives teachers can use with students to practice converting within the customary and metric systems of measurement. Students practice converting measures of length, weight, and capacity, as well as determining which unit of measurement is appropriate for a given object. The interactives are available to be played in relaxed mode or timed mode for an additional challenge. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 5
17. Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real-world problems.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • Convert different-sized measurement units within the same system.
  • Solve multi-step word problems involving conversion of metric or customary units.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • Measurement system
  • US Customary
  • Metric
  • Unit
  • Conversion
  • Equivalent measurements
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • Strategies for converting a larger unit of measure to a smaller unit in the same system.
  • Relative size of customary and metric units of measure.
  • Strategies for converting between units of measure in the same system.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Convert measurement units.
  • Solve multi-step word problems involving measurement conversions.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • the multiplicative relationship between units of measures given in the same measurement system is essential when converting units to a larger or smaller unit.
Diverse Learning Needs:
Essential Skills:
Learning Objectives:
M.5.17.1: Identify relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units, including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz; l, ml; and hr, min, sec.
M.5.17.2: Express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
M.5.17.3: Solve two-step word problems.
M.5.17.4: Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l).
M.5.17.5: Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.
M.5.17.6: Recall basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.

Prior Knowledge Skills:
  • Create a line plot with appropriate intervals.
  • Represent data on a line plot.
  • Apply strategies for solving problems involving all four operations with the fractional data.
  • Convert measurement units.
  • Solve mulit-step word problems involving measurement conversions.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
M.AAS.5.17 Using vocalization, sign language, augmentative communication, or assistive technology, to tell time using an analog or digital clock to the half or quarter hour.
M.AAS.5.17a Use standard units to measure the weight and length of objects.
M.AAS.5.17b Sort a collection of coin according to their value.

Learning Objectives:

  • Students will convert among different units of measurement within the customary system to solve real-world problems. 

  • Students will convert among different units of measurement within the metric system to solve real-world problems. 

  • Students will determine the appropriate unit of measurement for a given object. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain, After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:

During or after a lesson on converting within a system of measurement, students can practice skills individually or with a partner on the specific interactive the teacher has taught.

The customary interactives are on the left-hand side and the metric interactives on the right. Depending on the sequence that the teacher chooses to teach these skills, students may need to practice only on one side or the other, or only on a given skill (length, volume, mass) within both systems of measurement. Students will need to have mastery of these skills before solving real-world problems involving conversions. 

Students may initially choose to play each interactive in relaxed mode and then timed mode for a challenge. 
Assessment Strategies:

Students should be able to use the skills obtained in the lesson and practiced in the interactives to solve real-world problems. Assess student mastery with a combination of skills in isolation, and then through application such as this activity. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h5DSnI9dKEBKjTxQWj0asbELda3XPhXXhmd0L8HM6uo/edit?usp=sharing
Advanced Preparation:

The teacher should practice using the interactives and ensure students have compatible devices. 

*These interactives are not comprehensive of all units of customary measurement. It does not ask students to practice capacity conversions with fluid ounces, cups, gallons, or pints. It does not ask students to practice mass conversions with tons. Teachers will need to provide additional opportunities for students to practice these conversions. 
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