Candlelight is in the eye of the distant beholder. Scholars first watch a video clip of a commercial claiming that the human eye can see candlelight from 10 miles away. They use this information to calculate how far we can see candlelight in terms of football fields.

Concepts

unit conversions, football, units of length

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Collaborate with a physical education or health teacher to create a cross-curricular lesson
• If available, have the class actually measure a football field
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should have experience with nonstandard units of measure
  

Pros

• Provides teacher notes with relevant information
• Use of a TV commercial may interest young learners
  

Cons

• No handout or worksheet
  

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.d