Silly Lengths Olympics
Noodle arms- Stretch your arms as long as you can, someone needs to measure it.
How long was it?
How close did they get?
5 cm, 2 cm, 12 cm
2 cm, 5cm, 12cm
A 12 cm screw is ________ than a 1 cm button.
(Students jump LEFT for longer and RIGHT for shorter)
Longer
Stretch your arms to show something longer than 1 meter.
Students stretch arms wide.
Make yourself as small as possible and measure it.
How small were you?
Take 1 big step and 1 tiny step and measure it.
What were your measurements.
25cm, 10cm, 66cm
10cm, 15cm, 66cm
A 4 cm rubber is ________ than a 6cm pencil.
(Students jump LEFT for longer and RIGHT for shorter)
Shorter
Use your hands to show something smaller that 10cm.
Students use fingers to show this.
Limbo- Can you make it under 1 metre?
Did you make it?
Find something that is 30cm.
What did you find?
100m, 45m, 90m
45m, 90m, 100m
A 30 cm ruler is _________ than a 10 cm pen.
(Students jump LEFT for longer and RIGHT for shorter)
Longer.
What is longer a 30 cm ruler or a 20cm pencil?
A 30 cm ruler- students use arms to show length.
Take 3 steps, how far can you get across the classroom? Measure it!
How far did you get?
How tall are they?
4mm, 19mm, 8mm
4mm, 8mm, 19mm
A 1 meter crocodile is _____________ than a 6 meter crocodile.
(Students jump LEFT for longer and RIGHT for shorter)
Shorter
Show with your arms which is longer- 50cm (short arms) or 50 metres (wide arms).
50 metres is longer. Students should have wide arms.
Limbo time again- can you make it under the 30cm bar- Get creative!
Did you do it?
Everyone in the team needs to stretch out their arms, the teacher will measure it.
How long is it?
450m, 100m, 250m
A 40cm bird is __________ than a 1-meter bird.
(Students jump LEFT for longer and RIGHT for shorter)
Shorter.
Try and take a step that is 1 metre long.