Objective The Metric System is a world accepted means of measurement.
This lesson will enable students to use basic metric measurements. This lesson will focus on the prefixes milli, centi, and deci.
Materials Needed Meter stick or metric measuring tape, yardstick.
Procedure
1. Have students compare the meter stick to the yardstick.
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2. Explain that the metric system is based on a system of ten.
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3. Identify the millimeter, centimeter and decimeter for students.
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4. Have students measure their pencil, shoe, other students, desks, etc. in appropriate units of measurements.
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5. Have students write their observations.
Observations and Analysis
1. A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter (1/1000).
2. A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter (1/100).
3. A decimeter is one tenth of a meter (1/10).
4. There are one thousand millimeters in a meter.
5. There are one hundred centimeters in a meter.
6. There are ten decimeters in a meter.
Vocabulary
1. Meter
2. Millimeter
3. Centimeter
4. Decimeter
