Getting+Started

1. Students should be familiar with the U.S. Customary System of Measurement and the Metric System. 2. Discuss length, width, and how to find the perimeter and how to calculate area. 3. Have students first estimate the measurements and then actually measure the length and width of their classroom. They can do it in inches and then calculate the feet and yards, and then measure it with a meter stick and calculate millimeters and centimeters. Compare their estimates with their actual measurements. 4. Information should be recorded and shared with the class. 5. Submit information to be compiled with other results. Email the length, width, perimeter, and area in inches, feet, yards, millimeters, centimeters, and meters. 6. Once there are several results submitted, students can create a bar graph showing the various sizes of classrooms and easily compare their classroom with other classrooms.