Measuring and Marking Out Tools

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 7 Pre-Technical Studies | Strand 4.0 Tools and Production | Sub-Strand 4.1 Measuring and Marking Out Tools (18 lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Identify measuring and marking out tools used to perform tasks
• Select measuring and marking out tools for a given task
• Use measuring and marking out tools to perform a given task
• Care for measuring and marking out tools to minimise damage
• Recognise the importance of measuring and marking out tools when performing tasks

Summary

This topic opens Strand 4.0 -- and, at 18 lessons, is the single largest sub-strand in the whole subject -- by covering two connected but distinct categories of tool: measuring tools (tape measure, steel rule, callipers, weighing balance, stopwatch, ammeter, voltmeter) and marking out tools (divider, try-square, marking gauge, dot punch, scriber, pencil, marking knife).