1. GOAL AusVELS LevelS 5&6: Measurement- Length and Area
l recognise that some units of measurement are better suited for some tasks than others.

2. APK
If I wanted know the approximate area of Melbourne what other unit could I use other than square meters?
What other areas could I measure using this unit?
Turn and Talk

3. New Information
We measure very large areas, like the area of a city or a country in square kilometres (km²).
We measure large areas, such as the area of a park, in hectares.
Hectares can be written as ha.
A square with sides of 100m has an area of 1ha.
1ha = m²

4. New Information Finding Areas on Maps
(You’ll need to place the Copy of map from Frameworks 6, pg 325, into your books.)
In order to find the length of the Parkes area on the map to the nearest m²:
The length of the rectangle is 20mm. The width of the rectangle is 12mm
The scale is given as 1:25 000
This means each 1mm on the map is mm or 25mm in real life
Real length = 20 x
= mm
= 500m
Real width = 12 x
= mm
= 300m
Area of the rectangle = Length x Width
= 500 x 300m
= m²

5. Application (practice)
In Interactive Notebook Year 5s and 6s: Frameworks 5 (pg 290) – Activity 6 (parts 1 - 7) In Grid book Place copy of map from Frameworks 6 (pg 325) – Activities 9 into book and find the areas of the areas A, B, C and D. Give your answers in m²

6. GOAL AusVELS LevelS 5&6: Measurement- Length and Area
Rocket writing –
Today I found out . .
I really liked . . because . .
I’m still not too sure about . .
I could teach someone else to . .