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Measurement:TheAreaof

Things

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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