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Measuring maths (6 lessons)
In this sequence of 6 lessons, students compare and describe mass by hefting, balance scales, ordering objects, indirect comparison, and measuring with informal units.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Foundation
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Mass and capacity
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9MFM01
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P2)
- Publisher
- Victoria State Government Department of Education
- Copyright
- © State Government of Victoria. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Keywords
- informal units length
- Other terms
- summative assessment
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