Lesson Package | 1st Grade Measurement Dinosaur Project Based Learning

Description

This is an engaging project-based learning unit designed for first graders, focusing on comparing, estimating, and modeling the heights of various dinosaurs. This resource is available in both printable PDF and Google Slides formats, making it ideal for enhancing classroom engagement or facilitating distance learning. Students will follow detailed instructions to explore the actual heights of different dinosaurs using a variety of measurement tools and data displays. Additionally, the unit includes challenge activities that encourage deeper understanding of measurement concepts and skills.

CCSS Measurement & Data Math Standards

• Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
1.MD.A.1 Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
1.MD.A.2 Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps.

• Represent and interpret data
1.MD.C.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many are in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

• Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1
1.OA.A.2 Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.