Ms Gesnerville: November 2012

This period you can work on your blue Perimeter & Area assignment, or review your measurement concepts with the following games & websites.

An introduction to perimeter and area
http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html

Area and perimeter of irregular shapes - Interactive examples
http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/AreaExplorer/

Area of a Triangle Baseball
http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw41510

Area of a Parallelogram - Read then Scroll down to "PRACTICE" to quiz yourself.
http://www.321know.com/geo78_x2.htm

Area of a Trapezoid - Read then Scroll down to "Practice" to quiz yourself.
http://www.aaamath.com/g58_arx4.htm

Perimeter and Area who wants to be a millionaire (Calculator at http://www.online-calculator.com/)
http://www.quia.com/rr/91670.html

Tonight's homework is to choose a mini-project and to bring anything you need to work on it. (Ms. G will provide poster board and art supplies only).

Measurement Mini-Project

By the end of this unit you should know:

- The basic metric units and their abbreviations

- How to convert between different lengths (ex. 2.4m = ____ cm) and areas (ex. 1000cm² = ____ m²)

- How to measure the area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids using a formula.

- How to measure the area irregular shapes

Each student (or pair of students) will create a mini-project to help teach the unit.

OPTION 1 – Create Poster about a) converting using the multiplying method Natalie Brian &Omar OR

b) converting using sliding decimals Jack, Erica Tanziel & Anna Chloe& Jez, MarkOR c) converting using the MacArthur method Esai, Camelia

OPTION 2 - Exactly cover the classroom door in cm²Then a) show an irregular shape that is 1m²OR b) a large triangle and a large trapezoid with area calculations shown Maylat 7 Hayley Luiz&Max

OPTION 3 – Measure your room at home. Find out how much it would cost to change the flooring. Laurence&Brendan Savanna&Rylee&Alexis ; Isabella.

OPTION 4 – Measure surface area of objects in the classroom. Label them. Vincent, Julian, Jaquie&Marina

OPTION 5 – Design an app or online game that a) Does conversions for lengths, time, areas b) Allows students to practice metric conversions Game - Lindsay & Rachel, Jackson, Daniel, Bright &Matteas Nikolai

OPTION 6 – Design a website that shows how to measure the area of irregular shapes. OR a website that shows how to measure the area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids.

OPTION 7 – Create a horizontal classroom banner with the metric prefixes Alex OR Create a large staircase poster for the classroom Janson & Jordan & Matthew. Sharon&Maya

OPTION 8 – Research the history of the metric system. Present your finding in the format of your choice (report, website, podcast, video…). Joanne, Tatiana & Zhanelle, Kyana&Cecelia

OPTION 9 – Script and film a video about: a) how to do conversions using one of the methods OR b) How to use a formula to calculate the area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids Riley & Victor & Anthony. Chris

OPTION 10 - Build a hanging mobile that has a 1cm², dm², m², Dm² kit. OR Build a hanging mobile that has something that is 1mm, 1cm, 1dm, 1m, 1dam.

OPTION 11 – Create a new system for measuring: a) area that is *not* based on using a square OR b) measuring length that is no based on 10s. Zev&Jeremy

OPTION 12 – Write a song or rap about any of the topics above. Make a video, or perform the song live Aziel & Ryan ; Anousha Gabi

OPTIONS 13 – Create a new invention that somehow connects to this unit. Tim

OPTION 14 – Create a PowerPoint presentation about a measurement topic. Alex?Stephanie?

OPTION 15 – Create a boardgame, a Jeopardy-style game or a “Who wants to be a Millionaire” type game about measurement. Linda, Emily, Jocelyn; Santiago&Azara; Stephon

OPTION 16 – Any other mini-project approved by Ms. Gesner. Gianmichael, Caleb, Anisa

You will get 2 periods to work in class

Due dates: Conversion Projects – Monday Nov 12 (7-2, 7-3); Tues Nov 13 (7-1)

Area Projects – Wed Nov 14 (7-2, 7-3); Thurs Nov 15 (7-1)