The Secret Door : Talking Bottle
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LENGTH
15 Minutes
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Description
Embark on Martha's journey to unlock secret doors using codes that are hidden in the height of bottles, all while mastering measuring with a ruler in 1/2 and 1/4 inch increments!
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Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Collecting Measurement Data with Rulers. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.
Main Concepts
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
What do the lines on a ruler between each whole inch stand for? Grab a ruler and examine it - what can you tell me about it? What is a ruler? What can we measure with a ruler? What does a ruler tell us? What if something measures in between two numbers?
After the Game
In this game, you had to use the ruler to measure the bottle to the nearest 1/4 inch - can you identify on the ruler where it's broken up into fourths between each whole number? Take a ruler, go around the room and measure some things and record those measurements - how do the sizes of the objects you measured compare? What did you learn about measurement? Where did you have to line the ruler up? What was difficult for you? What was easy for you?