AO2: Partition and/or combine like measures and communicate them, using numbers and units.

In this unit students participate in a series of scavenger hunts to develop their own personal benchmarks for measures of 1cm, 10cm, 50cm and one metre. An understanding of the relationship between centimetres and metres is also developed.

This unit is the first of two around making paper planes.  In this unit students investigate a variety of designs for paper airplanes and experiment to see which planes fly the furthest. They measure how far their planes fly using the standard measures of metre and cm, compare results and have a flying competition.

This unit is suitable for students that have had plenty previous experience with non-standard units and have had the concept of standard units introduced. It provides a good context for practising the use of metres and cm’s. In the second unit, Paper Planes L3, students create scatter plots of the distance their planes travel when a variable is changed.

In this unit students build on previous experiences with litres and millilitres. Work is carried out in the context of planning a party with students measuring volumes accurately as part of the planning process. It is suggested this unit follows the units Popcorn and How Much Cereal? which involve students working with litres, half litres and cups.

In this unit we will explore the idea of having Benchmarks of 1 kilogram and 1/2 kilogram or 500 grams to aid in estimating the mass of given objects.

This is a level 2 measurement strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 2 measurement strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 2 measurement strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 2 measurement strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 2 measurement strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is an activity based on the picture book Diary of a Worm