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Measuring beads
In this unit, students compare the height and weight of various soft toys directly and indirectly using beads or another uniform informal unit.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 2
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Using units of measurement
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M2M01
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P3)
- Publisher
- New Zealand Ministry of Education
- Copyright
- © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ.
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