http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/duk_/lessons/duk_tall_mary_less/duk_tall_mary_less.xmllessontext/xmlHow Tall Are We?Engineering K-Ph.D. Program, non-standard measurementhuman growth and development Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those students. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar graphs (paper cut-outs of miniature building blocks glued on paper to form a bar graph) comparing the different age groups. The activities that comprise this lesson help students develop the concepts and vocabulary to describe, in a non-ambiguous way, how height changes as children get older. The introduction to graphing provides an important foundation for both creating and interpreting graphs in future years.
Measuring and graphing are important skills used in all engineering disciplines.
40TeachEngineering.orgMary R. Hebrank (Project and Lesson/Activity Consultant), Duke Universityhttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/duk_/lessons/duk_tall_mary_less/measure.pdfS101CA15North_CarolinaMathc. Read and write numerals.00S1007132North_CarolinaMath2.01 Compare attributes of two objects using appropriate vocabulary (color, weight, height, width, length, texture).00S101EF7FNorth_CarolinaMath4.01 Collect and organize data as a group activity.00S10048C6North_CarolinaMath4.02 Display and describe data with concrete and pictorial graphs as a group activity.00S1028323North_CarolinaScience1.05 Observe the similarities of humans to other animals including:<br />• Basic needs.00S102833FNorth_CarolinaScience4.03 Use nonstandard units of measure to describe and compare objects.00S1028340North_CarolinaScience4.04 Demonstrate the use of standard units of measure and compare with nonstandard units of measure. (Teacher demonstration)00S1028341North_CarolinaScience4.05 Demonstrate that standard units of measure produce more consistent results than nonstandard units, allowing information to be shared. (Teacher demonstration)00United StatesCopyright 2012 - Engineering K-Ph.D. Program, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke Universityhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2008-09-260Teacher