Today we worked on two areas of focus. One, learning to measure with precision using measuring tape and graduated cylinders. And two, working in two different ways to measure the volumes of various items.
Two different things for homework this week:
First, go to this website .
1. On the page of the website with the water containers and the large graduated cylinder, I want you to attempt to fill the cylinder to the following amounts. 13.5, 17.5, 23.5 and 39.5 Once you think you've filled it to those amounts, click on the "read the measurement" button to check your answers. Nothing to write/turn in here. Just practice reading the instrument. To get this to work, you need to drag the water to the top of the cylinder and then click on it. Hold down the "click" to fill the cylinder.
2. On the next page with an interactive, (you'll see several different instruments and colors) enter in the measurements for each container. Check your answers. Please write your answers and turn them in. Also, tell me which one of the four containers would you use to get the most precise measurements.
3. On the last page of the interactive, find the volume of the solid and write it down on paper to hand in as well.
ALSO:
Read pages 11-30 in the text book.
Do Review questions #'s 11 - 44
ALSO:
I've included the data table for today's measurements. After class I went ahead and did an immersion of the different items myself. My measurements seem to be a bit different from many of the others. :) So, please give me at least four different reasons why so many of our measurements could have been so far off. Your statements can refer to either one or both of the measurement systems we used today.
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