Metric Day at Aaron School
By Maryam Azhar, Lead Teacher at Aaron School
Metric Day is officially recognized across the country on October 10th, and to celebrate, Aaron School’s STEAM classes participated in a day full of metric system activities. This special event was incorporated into all math, science, and art classes.
One standout activity was the mini–Metric Olympics in math class. Students competed in events like the paper plate discus, straw javelin, cotton ball shot put, and the right-hand marble grab. They sharpened their estimation skills by calculating distances in metric units, and then used measuring tapes to compare their estimates with the actual measurements. For homework, students participated in a “Bigfoot Contest” by tracing one of their feet on graph paper and calculating its area in square centimeters. Students who excelled in these activities were rewarded with Metric Olympics homework passes to use in future STEAM classes.
In science, students went on a metric scavenger hunt around the classroom, searching for objects that matched specific metric measurements—3 cm, 10 cm, 30 cm, and 1 meter. They measured the objects and compared their results. Meanwhile, in environmental science, students built paper airplanes and held a distance contest using metric units for measurement. Some classes played Kahoot games to enhance their knowledge of the metric system, while others focused on metric conversions.
In art, students created a “cardioid”—a heart-shaped, two-dimensional figure—using rulers and following a visual guide with measurements.
Overall, it was an incredible Metric Day celebration that engaged all students across various subjects!
