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Mass, capacity and temperature: grams, kilograms, millilitres, litres and degrees
This guide provides a sequence of steps starting with revisiting concepts of mass and capacity using non-standard units before moving through practical activities where standard units are introduced and applied.
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Year level(s) | Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Concrete Representational Abstract model, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | weight, mass, capacity, volume, non-standard unit, standard unit, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Measurement, Build understanding |
Topics | Addition and subtraction, Properties of number, Mass and capacity, Using units of measurement |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG038
Compare masses of objects using balance scales
ACMMG061
Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
ACMMG084
Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures
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National numeracy learning progression |
Quantifying numbers
Additive strategies Understanding units of measurement - UuM4, UuM5, UuM6, UuM7 |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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