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Fun with Measuring

The following activity done in a classroom setting is a great way to give children a feel for large distances and
can engage the children either in a single group, or in teams.

1. Ask the children to cut long strips (each about an inch wide) from old newspapers.

2. Ask them to stick the strips end to end with tape or glue to make longer strips, until they get a strip that is 1
metre long (they can use a measuring tape for this).

3. Now ask the children to use this 1 m long strip as a measure and make 10 similar strips and stick them end

to end to make a 10 m long strip. They can lie down next to this strip, head to head and feet to feet, and see
how many of them it takes to make 10 m.

4. They can then stick ten 10 m strips together to make a 100 m strip that goes round the classroom many

times.

5. What about a 1 km strip? How many times does that go around the classroom? Which team was able to
create a 1 km long strip fastest?

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