Weight
This section weighs in as one of our best, there's plenty on grams, kilograms, scales and comparing and estimating weight.
Animal weigh in - imperial weights
Visit nowUse this activity to teach and consolidate the understanding of pounds and ounces.
This is a slightly ancient activity from the BBC and it does require the Adobe Shockwave plug-in.
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Mostly Postie game
Visit now3 games to try. Read a scale with answers limited to kg and half kg. Also weigh letters with answers limited to multiples of 50g and a multiples of 10g game is also provided from ICT games. Great.
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Non standard units on the balance
Visit nowVery useful, the teacher should question to achieve the best from this activity.
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Reading Scales
Visit nowFlash activity for reading scales - you can read scales that are up to 5kg (with integers or halves), up to 500g, up to 1kg, or up to 6kg (with decimal values).
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Reading Scales Gameshow
Visit nowA three minute BBC film clip demonstrating how to read scales. Participants in a maths quiz are asked to read different scales and explain how they worked out their answers. Scales are read on a measuring jug, number lines, weighing scales and from a measuring tape. Not all the points on the scales are labelled so the participants must work out how to read them.
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Scales reader
Visit nowA number of ICT games. Upto 50g with halves. Up to 500g, 1kg, 6kg with decimals. Great for weighing and reading scales from upper Ks1.
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Simple scale reading
Visit nowA lovely Crick activity which encourages scale reading by weighing toys.
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Simple Scale Reading
Visit nowReading simple scales - perfect whiteboard activity. Have the class write down what they think each reading is then use the game to reveal the answer.
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Weighing a Blue Whale
Visit nowAn introduction to the measurement of large objects such as a blue whale. The length of a blue whale - 30 metres - is equivalent to a class of children or three buses. Whales eat krill. Each mouthful is 40,000 litres. A blue whale is equivalent in weight to 25 elephants and weighs 170,000 kilograms. From BBC learning Zone.
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Weight activities
Visit nowLots of weight-based problem solving activities here. Another smashing activity.
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Weight Posters
Visit nowInstant display poster in Word document format. Nine pages of printable display sheets on the subject of weight.
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