The Stair Of The Measurement Units

The International System of Units is the most modern and most used system today. Its basic units are: the meter, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the candela and the mole. The other units are derived from said ones.Throughout all the elementary courses, above all work the units of the meter, the kilogram and the second, so there are in which I am going to focus right now.In this post I would like to propose a tool what I think is very useful, fun and eye-catching that can be used for any of these units of measurement and in any primary course, always adapting it to the chosen course.

This tool is called "The stair of the units of measure". It consists of a structure in the form of a stair with the steps that we need to make the changes in the units of measurement. On one side of the stair we put the calculation necessary to make the upward change and on the other side we put the calculation to make the downward change. To make it more visual, we can use a doll or figure that we put on the step where we are and move it to the steps we need, making the tool much more motivating for the students. In this way, in class you can work with this stair to visually show how children should do the calculations. In class we can use this stair to teach the children to make the changes in the units of measure and then we can leave them for them to work in groups or individually with their help. You could even do the craft with them and invent a name for everyone to be considered more part of them and get more involved.

This tool seems fantastic to use in class with the children since it works in a very visual and manipulative way. Involves children in learning and makes mathematics, specifically unit changes, stop being something abstract and become something tangible and understandable for children. Without any doubt, it is something that I would carry out with them.