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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.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
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
Curriculum alignment
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 (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M2M01 Measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary AC9M3M01 Identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates AC9M4M01 Interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comparing attributes of length, mass, capacity, duration and temperature, using scaled and digital instruments and appropriate units
Numeracy progression	Understanding units of measurement (P3, P6)
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