Readily adapted to other intermediate grades. Classroom teacher, parent volunteers and capable sixth graders. The Metric Fair serves as a culminating, hands-on application of measurement skills learned in the study of the metric system.
Students carry passports to record their work and to show completion of specific tasks.
These tasks are arranged in seven stations of 12 different metric measurement activities. The Road Race, Cottonball Shot Put, and Javelin Throw involve estimating and then measuring to the nearest centimeter or meter. Next, students practice making change and buying colored macaroni to make a bracelet. To get through Customs, the bracelet is weighed and cannot exceed fifteen grams. At the Weight and Capacity stations, popcorn and lemonade are estimated and measured, before being consumed.