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How Much Does it
Weigh?
For Children 5 to 7
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Here is a simple activity for
you to do at home with your child that will help develop their critical
thinking skills for math and science.
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Tools and Supplies
1. Scale - Bathroom scale works great.
2. Various objects
to weigh, such as books, toys, a bag of flour, sack potatoes or onions,
boxes of breakfast cereal, family members
3.
Paper and pencil
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Procedure
1. Have
your child pick out two items such as a five pound bag of sugar and a
ten pound bag of potatoes and have him decide which weighs the most.
Demonstrate how to use a scale to weigh the items. If the scale is not
digital, your child will need to look straight down at the scale to get a
correct reading. Have him/her record the weights.
2. Then, have him/her pick out several more items and ask him/her to
estimate
how much each weighs. Have him write his estimates, then weigh the objects.
Discuss the accuracy or inaccuracy of the estimates and continue the
activity with more objects.
3. Finally, have your child estimate their own weight and the weight
of other family members. You can extend the activity by having them
estimate how many bags of flour or sacks of potatoes would be equal to their
own weight.
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