Measurement Fun

We started our unit of measurement with learning about feet.

We read the book, "How Big is a Foot?" Then we got to experiment making a 6 ft by 3 ft bed for the queen.

We learned that:

• if you use your own foot to measure with, then everyone's bed is a different size. This is why using our own foot is not an accurate measure of a foot because everyone has different sized feet.

AND...

• a foot is 12 inches long or a ruler length.

And

• a good benchmark for a foot on our body is from our elbow to our fist.

When then experimented measuring with square units to find the area of a object.

We learned that:

• you have to measure all the space inside the figure. If you forget any space then you will not have an accurate measurement.
• area is measured in square units.
• it is very important to measure with the same unit or your measurement will be off.

We had a great time! Check out our fun below!

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