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Getting the Job Done—Speed, Work, and Measurement Units Lesson PlanGetting the Job Done—Speed, Work, and Measurement Units Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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6th
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Math
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Duration
45 mins
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2015
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Getting the Job Done—Speed, Work, and Measurement Units

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How do you convert from one measurement to another? Pupils use unit rates to convert measurements from one unit to another in the 21st segment in a 29-part series. They convert within the same system to solve length, capacity, weight, and mass problems.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

unit conversion, unit conversions, converting measurements, measurement, standard units of measurement, units of measurement

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide examples of objects that are given sizes of the units conversion sheet

Classroom Considerations

  • Class members should be familiar with the relative sizes between the measurements
  • Memorizing conversion factors is not necessary

Pros

  • Contains conversion tables
  • The examples show the steps in the conversion process

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.a 6.RP.A.3.d

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