Games to teach to measure

The treasure hunt for the measures

This game offers a fun way to our students to practice measuring different objects. Just write down a list of different measures, as "1 inch (2.54 cm), 6 inches (15.24 cm), 2 feet (60.9 cm), 1 yard (91.4 cm) ", and distributes copies of the list to all students, who must move along the classroom (or as far as possible , a lunch room or park) to find the objects that measure approximately these lengths. The first student to complete the complete list will be the winner, and you can go to measure the items with them to make sure they are approximate. You can advertise an acceptable range for each measurement, such as 0.50 inches or less than the given measurement (1.25 cm).

Find the longest object

If there is a large paper cutter in your school, you can make good use of it in this school game. To prepare, you will need to use a ruler and a pencil to draw several lines at different angles over the length or total width of the paper (most lines should be drawn diagonally at different angles, not horizontally or vertically). Make several copies of that sample. Then, use a paper cutter to cut the papers to fit the given items, and place each set in an individual envelope. Separate the students into groups, and give each one an envelope. Then the groups will have to play a race to discover the greatest measure of all the papers in the envelope. The first group to guess will be a winner.

Dice game

This post is something different, because I would like to recommend a book titled:

WORKSHOP ON STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY: GAMES AND WORK TO STRENGTHEN CONCEPTS. 

In my opinion it is a very interesting and useful book for teachers who do not know how to approach the concepts of probability and statistics. In it we can find countless activities and their respective explanations.
It's a free download book, so it's perfect for teachers looking for new resources.  What I like most about this book is that it has activities for all levels, from primary to high school, so that our students can continue to use it for a long time.

After reading the book and displaying several postings written by teachers, I would like to recommend the following activity: 

Dice game.
The class is divided into groups of 5 students and each group is given a couple of dice. Each group pulls 5 times the pair of dice coloring on each occasion the result and being understood by result the sum of the scores of both dice. When finished, the results are counted and recorded in the boxes of the corresponding numbers at the top, so that the students see which numbers are more likely to appear. Then, the teacher will detail all the possible cases that this experiment has, showing the reason why the numbers 6, 7 and 8 have been obtained normally more than the others. It is a good exercise to introduce the concept of probability of an event.
To reflect also the why the first two numbers have never come out.

The importance of measurements

Every scientific study begins from a first step consisting of observation, this being initially covered by the analysis of the general characteristics of a thing (so-called extrinsic analysis) for which later it is up to a vision much more thorough and precise of some of its characteristics, this being the intrinsic analysis that requires the application of appropriate optical and light instruments, among other tools.

In order to provide greater precision to this operation is also used to what are the measuring instruments.

The most well-known and often used form is in length measurements, is in the use of a ruler or tape measure or any instrument that allows us to compare around what is a unit.

It could be said then that the importance of making a measurement on something lies in obtaining an unknown data in reference to its comparison with a known data, being the first the characteristic inherent to the object that will be measured with the Instrumental Measurement, while the second is the measuring unit we have used to perform the comparison.

So in which situations in everyday life do we use the measurement?

• In the athletic competitions are measured the kilometers that are going to run.
• When you buy fabric in a warehouse they tell you how many meters you want.
• Buying fruit in a store
• By giving an indication about an address to a person.
• In the work the architects and designers measure the distances between walls to be able to know how much painting they are going in the decoration.
• When changing a door we have to measure the height and width of the hole where it is going to be installed. 

Games: Graphic representation and statistics.

After working in class the option to teach through online games, I started to investigate and I was fortunate to meet the next.
I think it's a fun way to introduce the concept of statistics in the classroom, through graphics and virtual way. 

I think it is a good website, because we can find activities for different levels of education, which have different difficulty. 

Today's children manage the internet much faster than many of us, so it may be more interesting for them to work this way. In this way I believe that we encourage the motivation for mathematics, which is usually the least preferred subject by the students. 

In this case, the file consists of twenty-seven activities of a wide variety of difficulties, going from easier to more difficult. In Addition, these activities are presented in a very colorful and visual way, in order to be more attractive to children.

The Link to the website is the following: 

http://www.genmagic.net/repositorio/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=6

I recommend you come in and have a look at their wide range of games and put it into practice with your students!!