HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
L.1 PRESENTATION
MEASUREMENT
LENGTH AREA WEIGHT VOLUME TIME
km =Kilometrem = Metre
cm =Centimetremm = Millimetre
Km2 =Square Kilometre
m2 =Square Metre
cm2 =
Square Centimeter
g =Grams Kg = Kilograms
m3 = cubic metrecm3 =
cubic centimetre
YearMonthWeekDay
h = Hourm = Minutes = Second
CAPACITY
L = Litreml = millilitre
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure LENGTH to know…
• how long things are.
• how tall they are.
• how far apart they are.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure LENGTH with…
• a tape measure.
• a ruler.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure LENGTH in…- KILOMETRES (km) to
measure BIG/LONG DISTANCES.
- METRES (m) to measure MEDIUM length.
- CENTIMETRES (cm) to measure SMALL objects.
- MILLIMETRES (mm) to measure TINY/THIN objects.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
AREA• We measure an area to know
the occupied SURFACE.
• We measure a BIG area in square kilometres (km2).
• We measure a MEDIUM area in square metres (m2).
• We measure a SMALL area in square centimetres (cm2).
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure WEIGHT to know…
• how much an object or a person weighs.
• a scale.
We measure WEIGHT with…
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure WEIGHT in…
- KILOGRAMS (kg) to weigh HUGE/BIG objects or people.
- GRAMS (g) to weigh SMALL/TINY objects.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure VOLUME to know…
• how much SPACE an object occupies.
We measure VOLUME in…
- CUBIC METRES (m3) to measure BIG occupied spaces.
- CUBIC CENTIMETRES (cm3)
to measure SMALL occupied spaces.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We tell the TIME to know…
• what the time is.
• how much time goes by.
• how long an activity lasts.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure TIME in…
Years Months Weeks
Days
Hours Minutes SecondsHOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure CAPACITY to know…
• The amount/liquid a container can hold.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure CAPACITY with…
• a measuring jug.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
We measure CAPACITY in…
- LITRES (L) to measure BIG amounts of liquids.
- MILLILITRES (ml) to measure SMALL amounts.
HOW TO SAVE WATER: What happens if we do not turn off the tap on time?
Noèlia Callau Codorniu March 2008
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