Note 2

Though we all use measurement daily, most adults have not considered the properties of an object that make it measurable in some way. This first activity is designed to focus attention on the many attributes that are used to compare objects (in this case, rocks) and to sort the attributes into two categories -- those that are measurable and those that are not.

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