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(Adapted from: https://nrich.maths.org/9717 )
Collect resources
Collect resources
You will need:
- cardboard (cut into thin strips)
- craft materials
- pencils or markers
- your mathematics workbook.
Instructions
Instructions
- Fold the strips into different lengths.
- Decorate your cardboard strips to help them come to life!
- Order your creatures from the shortest to tallest (for example).
- Draw your creatures in your mathematics workbook.
Reflection
Reflection
- Do you agree with this way of ordering from tallest to shortest.
- Explain why or why not?
More instructions
More instructions
- Choose your shortest creature and one of your longer creatures.
- How many short creatures are needed to be the same height as the taller creature?
- Draw a picture to show you measuring how tall the creature is that you just measured.
Share/submit
Share/submit
Share your work with your class on your digital platform.
You may like to:
- write comments
- share pictures of your work
- comment on the work of others.
Advice for parents
Advice for parents
Support your child in understanding that to measure accurately, we need to make sure we start measuring from the same place.
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