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Books in boxes
Use appropriate scales, devices and metric units to explore mass. The students explore ways of stacking the books to be able to see and feel what 20 kilograms is like.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M5M01
Choose appropriate metric units when measuring the length, mass and capacity of objects; use smaller units or a combination of units to obtain a more accurate measure |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P8)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | nzmaths |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Government. Free-for-education material. |
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