Resource: The Measurement Debate
Media Type:
QuickTime Video
Length: 2m 34s
Size: 7.1 MB
In this video segment from Cyberchase, celebrity twin sisters are arguing over whose square is bigger on the Gollywood Walk of Fame. When they each measured a side of their individual squares, they got different lengths. The CyberSquad helps them resolve their dispute.
Loading reviews...Teachers' Domain, The Measurement Debate, published August 26, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.math.number.nums.measuredeb/
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Print Frame and FocusHere are some Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions for using this video in a math lesson.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame: What are some measuring tools you might use to measure the length of a piece of wood? How would you decide which tool to use? How do you line up the object with the measuring tool? Does it matter what number you start on?
Focus: As you watch, notice how the twins disagree on the length of the sides of the squares. Why do you think they got different measurements? Why does Matt mention zero?
We assign reference terms to each statement within a standards document and to each media resource, and correlations are based upon matches of these terms for a given grade band. If a particular standards document of interest to you is not displayed yet, it most likely has not yet been processed by ASN or by Teachers' Domain. We will be adding social studies and arts correlations over the coming year, and also will be increasing the specificity of alignment.Source: Cyberchase: “A World Without Zero”
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