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Foreword

Acknowledgements

eYearbook Committee


Introduction to Exemplary Teachers, Programs and Practices


A Call to Action: Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Program Evaluation

Careers Class

Dynamic Leadership

It's All About Kids

Lights! Camera! Action!

Patchwork of Kindness

Child Development

Culinary Arts/Human Behavior

Foods/Biology

Health Science Occupations

Teens As Parents


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Metric Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Read the description of each object you are to find, and write the object in the chart after it’s found. Also, write the measurement of the object in the chart.
Teacher may provide a few objects to select from or students may seek own objects.

A – A coin that has a diameter (distance across the center) between 20 and 25 mm.

B – An object with a length of approximately .1 m.

C – An object that when filled to the top with water holds between .01 and .02 L.

D – An object with a volume of between 10 and 20 mL.

E – An object with a mass of approximately 10 grams.

F – Measure the baby doll’s head circumference in cm.

G – Weigh the baby doll.

STATION OBJECT MEASURED MEASUREMENT
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Compare your results with those of a classmate. You will see differences from one person’s measurements to another’s for the same object. List three factors in measuring that lead to this “uncertainity of measurement”:

1. Errors in use of the equipment (not balanced first, don’t know how to use it, spilled, read wrong, etc.)
2. Errors of estimation (estimating more than one decimal place)

3. Using the wrong size of measuring device (too large without enough increments)

Medical Occupations worksheet created by Dorothy Winger.