Jul

25

Weird conversions

Filed Under Math 

This is a really cool tool but one I’d want to use with a fair degree of caution. Weird Converter, well, converts things. Just like you can convert metres to feet, you can compare how many cockroaches it would take to make up the Great Wall of China (213,333,760 or so if you’re curious).

This is a really cool tool for understanding relationships between things. You can use if for understanding (and developing) systems of measurement. Yet you want to do this carefully (maybe you could consult the site but not have your students look at it). Some of the items you can compare are not appropriate for school use. Even so, used with caution, it’s a great tool to help the students think creatively about how measurement works and how disapparte things compare to each other.

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