Measurement: An Elephant
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Objective
Students will determine which unit is most likely if an elephant weighs 176,000. Then… the real fun begins.
The goal is to get students thinking about what makes sense. Practice estimating. Practice interpreting numbers. There are so many directions you could take this.
Inspired by a question asked in Accessible Mathematics.
Steps
- First, I tell students that my elephant weighs 176,000. They must determine the most likely units.
- We learn that this is in ounces. Now, students have to find out how many corgis it would take to equal the weight of one elephant.
- Now, students determine how many cars (they pick the make and model) it would take to equal the weight of one elephant.
- Finally, students get to pick their own unit of measurement and compare it to the weight of an elephant.
Resources
- Worksheet Part 1 (PDF) (Half sheet)
- Worksheet Part 1 (Google Slides)
- Worksheet Part 2 (PDF) (Half sheet)
- Worksheet Part 2 (Google Slides)
- Worksheet Part 3 (PDF) (Half sheet)
- Worksheet Part 3 (Google Slides)
- Worksheet Part 4 (PDF) (Half sheet)
- Worksheet Part 4 (Google Slides)
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