Lesson Overview
Students will play a card game to use mental math strategies to convert within the metric system.
Duration
Less than 1 hour
Lesson Type
Traditional Lesson
Essential Question
How do we convert using the metric system?
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Other Instructional Materials or Notes:
5, 6, 7
materials: You'll need a deck of cards if running this as a classroom station activity for one small group of students. If playing multiple groups at once, you'll need one deck of cards per group of 2-4 students.
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- Include problems with measures of mass, weight, length, and liquid. Convert from metric to customary and customary to metric systems.
- 6.PAFR Patterns, Algebra, and Functional Reasoning
- 5.MGSR Measurement, Geometry, and Spatial Reasoning
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