Activity Set #5: The Basic Process of Measurement

Your vote:

No votes yet

Measurement lab w/ whiteboard presentation
 
 •What is your height/head proportion?
 
Students pick one member of their group as a subject and then find a way to use only a roll of white paper tape to find the number "heads" that fit in the subject height to within a 1/16 or 1/32 fraction. Students repeat the measurement six times and then find a way to represent the degree of variation among their measurements and their estimated uncertainty and degree of confidence in their measurement.
 
 glossary entrees/ words to discuss meaning:
 average, mean
 standard deviation (2/3rds rule)
 accuracy
 repeatability
 precision
 
 Think/Pair/Share
 
 •What is the basic process of measurement?
 glossary entrees/ words to discuss meaning:
 measurement
 
 Whole class activity/discussion
 
 •Create an operational definition of a peanut butter sandwich while acting out all the silly ways the instructions could be misinterpreted.
 
 glossary entrees/ words to discuss meaning:
 operational definition
 
 Think/Pair/Share
 
 •Holding up an odd-shaped container ask for and discuss operational definitions for length, surface area, volume, mass and weight.
 
 glossary entrees/ words to discuss meaning:
length, perimeter, surface area, mass, weight, volume