Florida B.E.S.T. MA.3.M.1.1
The Standard
Select and use appropriate tools to measure the length of an object, the volume of liquid within a beaker and temperature.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students decide whether to use a ruler, measuring tape, marked beaker, or thermometer for a given task. They position and read each tool accurately, then label the measurement with the correct unit.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students select a tool that fits the object or substance being measured. They use the tool correctly, read its scale, and report a reasonable measurement with the correct unit.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose a ruler for a curved or long object when a measuring tape would work better. They may start at the ruler’s edge instead of zero, misread scale intervals, or view liquid levels from above.
How to Assess It
- Set out a pencil, colored water in a marked beaker, room-temperature water, a ruler, measuring tape, and thermometer. Students choose tools, measure each item, and record values with units.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations where students measure a pencil, colored water in a marked beaker, and water temperature, then record values with units.
Ask students to write which tool fits a desk, curved bottle, beaker of juice, and bathwater, then explain each choice.
Play Tool Match Relay: teams pair object cards with ruler, tape measure, marked beaker, or thermometer cards, then justify one match.
Have students follow a drink recipe, measuring the container’s length, 150 milliliters of water, and the water temperature before mixing.
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Related Standards
- MA.2.M.1
Measure the length of objects and solve problems involving length.
- MA.4.M.1
Measure the length of objects and solve problems involving measurement.
- MA.3.M.1
Measure attributes of objects and solve problems involving measurement.
- MA.4.M.1.1
Select and use appropriate tools to measure attributes of objects.
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