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Session 1: What Does It Mean To Measure?
Part A: Comparing Rocks
Part B: Which Rock Is the Largest?
Measuring Surface Area | Measuring Volume | Measuring Weight
Part C: Nonstandard Units
Part D: Summing It Up
Homework
Notes:
Part A Notes Part B Notes Part C Notes
Solutions:
Part A Solutions Part B Solutions Part C Solutions Homework Solutions
Video
Session 2: Fundamentals of Measurement
Part A: Measuring Accurately
Conservation, Transitivity, and Unit Iteration | Partitioning | Partitioning on a Number Line
Part B: The Role of Ratio
Ratio and Scale | Constant Ratios | Using the Pythagorean Theorem
Part C: Precision and Accuracy
Measuring With Precision | Accuracy vs. Precision
Session 3: The Metric System
Part A: Metric System Basics
History | Units and Prefixes | Working With Metric Prefixes
Part B: Metric Units
Length | Liquid Volume | Mass | Reasoning With Balance Scales
Part A Notes Part B Notes
Part A Solutions Part B Solutions Homework Solutions
Session 4: Angle Measurement
Part A: Angle Definition
Part B: Angles in Polygons
Classifying by Measure | Other Classifications | Measuring Angles | Sums of Angles in Polygons
Part C: Geo-Logo
Part A Notes Part B Notes Part C Notes Homework Notes
Session 5: Indirect Measurement and Trigonometry
Part A: Indirect Measurement With a Transit
Similar Triangles | Using Similar Triangles | Measuring Distances
Part B: Measuring Heights of Tall Objects
Part C: Steepness and Trigonometry
Measuring Steepness | Examining Ratios | The Tangent
Session 6: Area
Part A: Measuring Area
Measuring a Surface | Areas of Irregular Shapes
Part B: Exploring Area With a Geoboard
Subdividing Area | The Rectangle Method | Formulas | The Triangle Formula
Part C: Scaling the Area
Similar Figures | Scaling Polygons
Part B Notes Part C Notes
Part A: Circles and Circumference
Circumference | Ratio of Circumference and Diameter |
Part B: Area of a Circle
Transforming a Circle | Examining the Formula
Part A Notes
Session 8: Volume
Part A: How Many Cubes?
Volume and Nets | Packaging Candy
Part B: Volume Formulas
Cross-Section Method | Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres
Part B Notes
Session 9: Measurement Relationships
Part A: Area and Perimeter
Constant Perimeter | Constant Area
Part B: Surface Area and Volume
Determining the Relationship | Human Measurements
Part C: Designing a Water Tank
Session 10: Classroom Case Studies
Grades K-2
Part A: The Concept of Area
Part B: Reasoning About Measurement
Exploring Standards | Analyzing a Case Study
Part C: Activities That Illustrate Measurement Reasoning
Part A Solutions Part B Solutions Part C Solutions
Grades 3-5
Part C: Problems That Illustrate Measurement Reasoning
Grades 6-8
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