Summary
What if I told you a movie was a whopping 0.017 long? Could you figure out the unit I’m using? This lesson packs in strange measurements of time as well as tiny decimals.
- I tell students that I've just finished an epic movie that was 0.017 long. They have to determine which unit I'm using.
- I offer some scaffolding help to get kids started on their unit conversions (not necessary for all students).
- Then, we wonder how long this movie would be if measured in months?
- Now, we determine the length of the movie when measured in days on Venus!
- Finally, students can pick their own unit of time to measure the length of this long movie.
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