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#1 2007-10-30 00:34:52
- Khushboo
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Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
To illustrate the family of metric system, i am using blocks of ten. Further these blocks are laid out in the bar graph fashion with a scale/ruler on y axis. This will also introduce them to scale reading. Why we need a system of measurement as counting no. of blocks can become tedious.Going forward the same graph can be manipulated to show the effect of conversions.
Please advice on this approach.
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#2 2007-10-31 20:38:51
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
0 1234 5 6789 0 1234 5 6789 0 1234 5 6789 0
0 12 34 5 67 89 0 12 34 5 67 89 0
0 123 456 789 0 123 456 789 0 123 456 789 0
01234 56789 01234 56789 01234 56789 0
0 12345 67890 12345 67890 12345 67890
123 4567 890 123 4567 890 123 4567 890
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0_____4
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#3 2007-10-31 20:49:13
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Re: Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
Can you just elaborate upon your post...what exactly you are trying to convey through this? As i am not able to understand ..thanxs
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#4 2007-11-01 12:55:33
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
Well, how do you get good at reading a metric ruler?
|....l....|....l....|....l....|....l....| The 4 dots are like Roman Numerals.
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#5 2007-11-01 16:12:27
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Re: Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
0 1234 5 6789 0 1234 5 6789 0 1234 5 6789 0
0 12 34 5 67 89 0 12 34 5 67 89 0
0 123 456 789 0 123 456 789 0 123 456 789 0
01234 56789 01234 56789 01234 56789 0
0 12345 67890 12345 67890 12345 67890
123 4567 890 123 4567 890 123 4567 890
_8_7_6_
9_____5
0_____4
_1_2_3_
What are you trying to do here?
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#6 2007-11-01 21:35:21
- Khushboo
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Re: Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
Say for instance an exercise using old-fashioned body-part measurements like foot or yard. Getting several people involved to see how the measurements vary from person to person, which leads to the importance of standards. And then talk about how our base-ten number system makes a base-ten measurement system easy to use. These are few ideas which i have borrowed and will be using in developing activities. I need to expain these things to elementary grade...
Thanxs a lot for the responses
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#7 2007-11-02 11:40:35
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Use of block of 10 to illustrate the metric system
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