We asked our students yesterday the following:
How many ounces in a pound of butter? How many ounces in a pound of feathers?
Their answers might surprise you.
butter: 7, 10, 15, 5
feathers: 0
We then explained the whole thing to them...a pound is a pound is a pound. A pound of feathers might be bigger than a pound of butter, but they'd weigh the same and have 16 ounces in them. We gave several examples: bowling balls/pillows, men/women, etc. Then we asked them which would weigh more, a pound of steel or a pound of marshmallows....and all but one said the pound of steel.
2 comments:
It's like the question, how many 2 cent stamps are in a dozen. It's no surprise a lot of people say "6"
i'm not shocked at all, but we work with the same kind of kids. i have problems getting them to do "fill in the blanks" using words from the WORD BANK in front of their faces, or if there's only one word left, actually being able to pick that word off the list and do it.
jilly
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