Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those learners. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar graphs (paper cut-outs of miniature building blocks glued on paper to form a bar graph) comparing the different age groups. The activities that comprise this lesson help students develop the concepts and vocabulary to describe, in a non-ambiguous way, how height changes as children get older. The introduction to graphing provides an important foundation for both creating and interpreting graphs in future years.

Concepts

engineering, height, non-standard measurement, stem

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Additional Tags

human growth and development, cd.pk.2.4.1.c measure length and volume (capacity) using non-standard or standard measurement tools., integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, teachengineering: how tall are we?, nonstandard measurement

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional