Lesson Plan: Measurement Error Physics • First Year of Secondary School
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to define and calculate the absolute and relative errors of measured values.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- define the accepted value of a measurement,
- define absolute measurement error,
- define relative measurement error,
- calculate relative measurement error values.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- meanings of the terms quantity, unit, and value.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- measurement uncertainties,
- measuring device resolution,
- causes of measurement errors.
