Week Beginning - Mon 19th Nov - Converting between metric units of length (mm,cm,m and Kms

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand how the metric system works and be able to convert between mm, cm, m and kilometres

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will understand how the metric system work and be able to convert between mm, cm, m and km

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY:
Write down what you think the following lengths are: (use mm, cm, m or Km

1. Height of the whiteboard
2. Width of the tall cupboard
3. Length of your table leg
4. Width of the smallest window
5. Length and width of the playground outside
6. Width of ruler
7. The thickness of your fingernail
8. Distance from School Wakefield
9. Distance from School to Leeds/Bradford airport
10. Distance of Leeds to Liverpool

LESSON: Explain How the metric prefixes make a ladder or staircase, and that every staircase up is multiply by 10 and every staircase down is divide by 10
copies of staircase.
Staircase Labels
Metric Staircase Notebook
MyMaths Lesson

If corridors are clear and students well behaved move to a staircase and use the labels to mark the staircase and use walking up and down the staircase to solve these problems

More Conversion questions

Cut/Stick Equivalent Lengths Exercise

PLENARIES: Checking Answers with students