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Mass and capacity: an introduction to measuring and comparing

This guide provides a sequence of steps using hands-on experiences to measure and compare mass. It then provides a sequence of steps to measure and compare capacity.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Foundation, Year 1, Year 2
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	weight, mass, capacity, volume, measurement, reasoning, problem-solving, non-standard unit, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Measurement, Build understanding
Topics	Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9MFM01 Identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning AC9M1M03 Describe the duration and sequence of events using years, months, weeks, days and hours AC9M2M01 Measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary
Numeracy progression	Understanding units of measurement (P2, P3) Measuring time (P2)
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