Student Instructions
Hands-on Activity
1. Observe the tools. Notice the lines and units labeled on the ruler and meter stick.
2. Click to open the template.
3. Slides 1-4: Use your camera to take photos of their personal reference model for a meter, a decimeter, a centimeter, and a millimeter. A tool must be used in each photo in order to see the real size.
4. Slides 1-4: Follow the directions on each slide to find an object about the same size as the unit, smaller than the unit, and larger than the unit.
5. Slides 1-4: Record an explanation on each slide using the required content and vocabulary words.
6. Slide 5: Classify the personal reference pictures. Once you have classified all the pictures, click check work. Make corrections as needed.
7. Slide 6: Record the purpose of the activity.
8. Click the green check to save.
9. Tag your partner.
Required Content/photo
o Personal reference and explanation of meter, decimeter, centimeter, and millimeter
o Comparison photos of each unit
o All of the questions correctly answered
o All of the objects correctly classified
o purpose of activity/what you learned
Required Vocabulary
o Metric System
o Tool
o Unit
o Ruler
o Length
o Measure
o Meter Stick