Understanding by Design
Stage 1 - Desired Results
Standards:
CS
S6CS3 Students will use computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following
scientific explanations
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Standard Elements:
a. Analyze scientific data by using, interpreting, and comparing numbers in several forms
b. Use metric input units of scientific calculations to determine the proper unit for expressing the answer
c. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data
Enduring Understandings:
What will students understand as a result of the unit?
“Students will understand that…”
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¾ The metric system is used in most parts of the
world
¾ There are different units of measurements
within the metric system.
¾ There are different tools used to measure mass,
volume, length, time, area, temperature, and
weight
Essential Question(s):
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What arguable, recurring, and thoughtprovoking questions will guide inquiry and point
toward the big ideas of the unit?
How would the world be easier if all countries
used the metric system?
Students will know…
Students will be able to…
What is the key knowledge needed to develop the
desired understandings? What knowledge relates to
the content standards on which the unit is focused?
What is the key skill needed to develop the
desired understandings? What skill relates to
the content standards on which the unit is
focused?
¾ Use the proper tools to measure a given
object
¾ Decide which units properly fit their
measurement
¾ Explain the difference between the
metric system and the English systems
of measurement.
¾ Define each type of measurement
¾ The different units of measurement within
the metric system
¾ Which tools are used to measure length,
mass, volume, time, weight, area, and
temperature and how to work those tools.
¾ The definition of each type of measurement
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task(s):
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Cereal Box measurements – record all measurements
possible from a cereal box. Length, width, height, mass,
etc.
Other Evidence:
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Measurement Chart: Notes
Quiz
Measurement Mind Map
Overhead Practice: Measurement
Labs: Length, Mass, Volume
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Stage 3 - Learning Plan
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R Day 1: Science Inquiry/Measurement Pre test
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Day 2: Measurement Chart Notes – student will learn the definition, tool, and standard unit
for length, area, mass, volume, time, weight, and temperature. The teacher will
demonstrate how to use each tool.
Day 3: Students will use their measurement chart to create a mind map graphic organizer.
Day 4: Students will practice using a ruler to measure length (with a focus on cm and mm)
Day 5: Length/Mass Lab – students will measure the length and mass of various objects in
the classroom.
Day 6: Students will learn how to read a graduated cylinder with special attention to the
meniscus. They will then complete a volume lab of irregular and regular shaped objects.
Day 7: Measurement quiz: students will have to know the types of measurement, their
definition, their tool, and each standard unit.
Day 8: Performance Task: students with gather as many measurements as the can from a
cereal box of their choice.
Day 9: Post Test