Week 2: Measurement and Geometry

Question 1

What are the three types of units?

Answer 1

1. Non-Uniform Informal
2. Uniform Informal
3. Formal/Standard Units

Question 2

What are the stages of Measurement?

Answer 2

1. Direct Comparison
2. Ordering
3. Non-Uniform Informal
4. Uniform Informal
5. Formal/ Standard

Question 3

What may children struggle with?

Answer 3

Identifying what (unit of measurement) needs to be measured and how (instrument) to measure it.

Question 4

What is Non-Uniform Informal?

Answer 4

Units of measurement that aren’t the same size, e.g. Hands, feet, paces

Question 5

What is Uniform Informal?

Answer 5

Units of measurement that are the same size, but aren’t formal eg. popsticks, paperclips, measuring cubes.

Question 6

What is Formal/Standard?

Answer 6

most commonly used and accurate units of measuring e.g. cm, mm, m, km.

Question 7

What are some activities?

Answer 7

• Measuring objects around room, using different units
• Tallest vs Shortest
• Finding objects that match the length of a piece of string.
• Folding brennex squares
• Flip, Slide, Turn
• Using protractors to find missing angles.

Question 8

What are the three sub-stands of mathematics?

Answer 8

1. Number and algebra
2. Statistics and Probability
3. Measurement and Geometry