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Seesaws
A selection of activities for developing an understanding of mass by comparing the weight (how heavy they feel) of objects.
- 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
- New Zealand Government
- Copyright
- © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Free-for-education material.
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