4th Grade Measurement Movies
Fourth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning how to estimate and measure length in both metric and U.S. customary units (SOL4.7). Today students in Ms. Town’s class created measurement movies using WeVideo. First we reviewed the different customary units of measurement from smallest to largest (inches, feet, yards, and miles), and we reviewed the metric units (millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer). Then I explained that they would create movies about the units with a partner or by themselves. Each group chose a unit until all the units were chosen. The students logged into WeVideo with their Google accounts and created a new video project. I outlined three main requirements for the video: (1) introduce themselves, (2) describe their unit of measurement, and (3) give examples of objects that would be measured by that unit. For the first two parts, students used the built-in webcam to record their video directly to WeVideo. For the third part, students had to do some research online and find images of appropriately-sized objects. They downloaded their images to the desktop, then imported them into WeVideo. Finally, we selected themes with music, and I showed them how to adjust the volume so the music wasn’t too loud. We published our videos and pasted the links into Schoology so our classmates could watch them and comment on them. You can see them all here.