Teacher demonstrates to the class the usefulness of a chart or table to display information, and the steps to create a chart or table from a database template. As a class, discuss similarities, differences, and overlaps in traits. As a class, use the data from the list to create a database to organize the descriptions. Given a set of familiar objects, the learner will design and describe categories and use them to organize the set. Place the information in a spreadsheet and generate charts to display the results.
Students enter measurements into spreadsheet.
Use a spreadsheet to chart this information. Students enter results into a spreadsheet. Teacher discusses the concept of scale with the class. The student will be able to continue explorations of length, capacity, and weight, and extend familiarity of units to include kilometer, meter, mile, yard, foot, gallon, gram, ounce, and fractional parts of each. Given the results of a simple investigation, the learner will suggest several new questions to investigate.