Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
You're Mostly Water
Overview
Students will discover how
much of their body mass is made up of water. Using a teeter-totter,
scales and 2L pop bottles, they will be able to calculate the amount of water in their bodies.
The importance of water to their bodies will be discussed.
Curriculum Link
Mathematics, Grade 4 (Number Sense and Numeration)
Demonstrate an understanding of proportional reasoning by investigating whole-number unit rates (O.E.) Use estimation when solving problems involving the addition, subtraction, and multiplication of whole numbers, to help judge the reasonableness of a solution (S.E.)
Mathematics, Grade 4 (Measurement)
Estimate, measure, and record length, perimeter, area, mass, capacity, volume, and elapsed time, using a variety of strategies (O.E.) Estimate, measure and record the capacity of containers, using the standard units of litre and the millilitre (S.E.) Select and justify the most appropriate standard unit to measure mass and the most appropriate standard unit to measure the capacity of a container (S.E.)
Life Systems, Grade 5 (Human Organ Systems)
Explain how human health is affected by environmental factors (O.E.)
Matter and Energy, Grade 5 (Properties and Changes in Matter)
Measure mass using appropriate instruments (S.E)