2. By: Shana La Vine

3. Performance Standard http://georgiastandards.org M2M1. Students will know the standard units of inch, foot, yard, and metric units of centimeter and meter and measure length to the nearest inch or centimeter. Estimate lengths, and then measure to determine if estimations were reasonable.

4. Read from :

5. Centimeters Using candy as a non- standard measure, each Reese’s pieces candy is equal to one centimeter (1 cm).

6. Non-Standard Measures

7. How tall do you think you are? How tall do you think your teacher is? Graph 1

8. Is Miss La Vine’s height above or below the height of an average woman? By how many centimeters (cm)? Graph 2

9. Data Collection Use this data collection sheet to record the lengths of different body parts. *Your partner will help you measure. Make sure that you estimate first.

10. Tools to Use tape measure penci l

11. Collecting Data

12. Cont’d. * Don’t forget about teamwork.

13. Table of Contents Read from: Centimeters What Equals a Centimeter? Graphs Average Height of Children Average Height of Women Data Collection Tools to Use Collecting Data Cont’d.