Section outline

  • Kia ora 9C1

    TERM 2   WEEK 1

    Context - Systems (Sustainability)

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Convert between the units of length, mass, weight and time
    • Estimate to a reasonable level of accuracy lengths and perimeters of objects


    Activities:

    1. Warm up - https://www.transum.org/Software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_August6.ASP
    2. What are some everyday things that we need for measurements for?
    3. Units used in old times - Why were they not sustainable?
    4. The Metric system (context) - What made it more sustainable?
    5. Note down commonly used units of measurement
    6. How to convert between units and the logic behind it
    7. Estimating and Measuring classroom objects and distances around the school eg desks, board, courts etc
    8. Practice of conversions (Differentiation)
    9. Greenwich Mean Time -Why did we need this? What did it solve? (Context - Systems)
    10. Lines of latitude and longitude video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YORm7xbIbTs
    11. Contextual applications (Extension)


    Homework:

    Maths Buddy (Differentiation)


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING measurement and the Metric system.
    • We are EXPLORING conversions between different units of measurement.