Solids and mass
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Choose six things at home. Write ‘g’ or ‘kg’ for each one to show how you would weigh it.
For example: spoon g, coin g, bag of rice kg, school bag kg, pencil g, melon kg.
2
Make a coat-hanger balance. Guess which of two things is heavier, then test it. Were you right?
The heavier thing makes its side go down. Any honest result is fine.
3
Look at packages in the kitchen. Find three labels that use g and three that use kg. Copy the numbers.
Any correct labels, for example tea 100 g, rice 1 kg.
4
The balance is level. The left pan has 4 kg. What is in the right pan?
4 kg.
5
Find something at home shaped like a cylinder. How many circle faces does it have?
For example a tin can: 2 circle faces.