Measuring the Waters

Subject:

Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics

Institution Name:

UNC University Library

Collection:

Stories of the American South

Grade Level:

Primary

Abstract:

Students will discuss and understand measurement of a single event and measurement over time. After listening to excerpts from an oral history with Earl Cavenaugh, a survivor of Hurricane Floyd, students will understand how people devised ways of keeping measurements during that flood and earlier floods.

Course Type:

Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Curriculum Standards, Lesson Plans

Media Format:

Audio, Text/HTML

Curriculum Standards:

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment: Grade 5 Mathematics Goal 2 Measurement - The learner will recognize and use standard units of metric and customary measurement. Objective 2.01 Estimate the measure of an object in one system given the measure of that object in another system. Goal 4 Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis. Objective 4.02 Compare and contrast different representations of the same data; discuss the effectiveness of each representation.

Conditions of Use:

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