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GSIS Grade 8 Students, Welcome to Metrology!

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Metrology objectives:

Explain and give examples of 4 basic dimensions: length, area, volume, object which exists through time [test]
Name and identify regular two dimensional shapes including: circles, triangles, rectangles and polygons (through hexagon) [test]
Name and identify three dimensional shapes such as rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids and spheres [test]
Draw nets of assigned 3-dimensional shapes on graph paper or white unlined paper [test]
Determine volume and surface area of regular geometric shapes including: rectangular, triangular and circular prisms and spheres [test]
Draw assigned cuboids (rectangular prisms) and prisms correctly on blank, A4 paper using straight edge and compass [test]
Visualize apparent and "hidden" (ie. not visible) sides of three dimensional objects and drawings [test]
Creatively produce new shapes of objects from assigned components [building project]
Break down complex shapes into basic geometric shapes to determine their area and volume [building project] & [test]
See and explain the relationship between design requirements and cost [building project]
Identify and explain "elegance" in design [affective & maybe test]
determine SA/V ratio and explain significance in cells (biology) [test]
perform dimensional analysis to solve problems in one and multiple steps [test]

Date	Assessment Name	% of unit grade	Instructions or details	Rubric
4/2 (some classes)	formative quiz #1	-	Bring scissors & ruler. You will draw assigned cubic shape on blank paper.	-
4/13-16	Scale Dimensioned Drawing	10%	Drawing Details for scaled dimensioned drawing on unlined A4 paper	Scale Dimensioned Drawing Rubric
4/16 [not all classes]	formative quiz #2	-	Bring scissors & ruler. You will build assigned shapes to assigned dimensions.
4/20	Building Project	30%	Project Details	Building Project Rubric
5/6 (Reimer)	Summative [test]: Paper (30%) & Practical (20%)	50%	Guidelines	-
5/11 (Reimer)	Unit Reflection must be: Podcast (wav or mp3 format) -or- Movie (interview or drama-as .mov file or .wmv file)	10%	Podcast Example (click to listen) How to make your podcast GREAT (click to read)	• Rubric (Christiansen) • Rubric (Reimer)

LESSONS - DAILY OVERVIEW

Sequence	Date	Topic
Day 1	Mar 26	Draw rectangular prisms & nets & make shapes from cubes
Day 2	Mar 30	Science Terms & Drawing & Building 4 cube shapes
Day 3	April 1	[assembly - no class]
Day 4	April 2	Quiz #1, "Seeing" faces
~Spring break ~
Day 5	Apr 13	Complex cubes & Building prisms
Day 6	Apr 15	[3 sketches due] cylinder calculations
Day 7	Apr 16	[A4 dimensioned sketch due] Building prisms to assigned volumes
Day 8	Apr 20	[PROJECT due] Peer grade projects. Review SA & V calculation of pentagonal prism.
Day 9	Apr 22	Prime numbers; common factors; dimensional analysis (DA) intro (up to multi-step problems)
Day 10	Apr 23	DA two step problems; "Prima Numero"
Day 11	Apr 27	DA review; DA application to metric unit conversions
Day 12	Apr 29	Unit review
Day 13	Apr 30	practice test
Day 14	May 4	SA/V ratio; further revision
Day 15	May 6	Metrology Unit Summative
Day 16	May 7	Summative test; students make reflection rubrics
	May 11	Reflection due: see Reflection Rubric (Reimer) Podcast (avi or mp3 format) -or- Movie (interview or drama-as .mov file or .wmv file)

LINKS & RESOURCES

1 cm graph paper for building
0.5 cm dot grid for drawing practice
Examples of nets for different 3d shapes
Interactive 3D Shapes -shapes, nets, volume, area (allows user to explore the shapes interactively)<---WOW!!!
equations for surface area and volume of various shapes