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Measuring Weight Activity

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Measuring Weight Activity

Measuring Weight Activity

Balance scale with weights

⚖️ Part 1: Understanding Weight Units

1. Circle the best unit to measure each item:

A pencil:

grams

kilograms

A school bag:

grams

kilograms

A rubber:

grams

kilograms

2. Match the items with their likely weights:
1. Apple
2. Textbook
3. Paper clip
A. 1 gram
B. 150 grams
C. 500 grams

📏 Part 2: Recording Your Measurements

3. Use the balance scales to weigh three classroom items. Record your findings below:

Item 1: ________________________

My estimate: _________ grams/kilograms (circle one)

Actual weight: _________ grams/kilograms (circle one)

Item 2: ________________________

My estimate: _________ grams/kilograms (circle one)

Actual weight: _________ grams/kilograms (circle one)

Item 3: ________________________

My estimate: _________ grams/kilograms (circle one)

Actual weight: _________ grams/kilograms (circle one)

4. Which item was the heaviest? Which was the lightest?

🤔 Part 3: Comparing Weights

5. Fill in the blanks using the words: heavier, lighter, grams, kilograms

A feather is _________ than a brick.

We measure small objects in _________.

We measure large objects in _________.

A car is _________ than a bicycle.

6. Put these items in order from lightest to heaviest:

elephant, mouse, cat, horse

1. _________________ (lightest)

2. _________________

3. _________________

4. _________________ (heaviest)

🎯 Part 4: Problem Solving

7. Sarah's lunch box weighs 800 grams. Tom's lunch box weighs 1.2 kilograms. Whose lunch box is heavier? Show your working.
8. Check all the things you would measure in grams:

A coin

A car

A slice of bread

A person

A strawberry

9. Draw a balance scale showing one side heavier than the other:

💭 Part 5: Reflection

10. Explain why we use different units (grams and kilograms) to measure weight:
11. What was the most surprising thing you discovered about weight today?
12. Rate how confident you feel about measuring weight:

Very confident - I can teach someone else!

Confident - I understand most of it

Getting there - I need a bit more practice

Not sure yet - I need more help

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