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Bahan Lesson Plan 1

The document provides guidance for a lesson teaching children to measure and compare weights in pounds and masses in kilograms. The lesson instructs teachers to have children feel sample 1-pound and 1-kilogram weights to familiarize themselves, then use a balance to determine if various objects weigh more than, less than, or equal to those weights. Children practice making these comparisons using objects around 1 pound, more than 1 pound, and less than 1 pound to develop their understanding of weight measurement.

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Bahan Lesson Plan 1

The document provides guidance for a lesson teaching children to measure and compare weights in pounds and masses in kilograms. The lesson instructs teachers to have children feel sample 1-pound and 1-kilogram weights to familiarize themselves, then use a balance to determine if various objects weigh more than, less than, or equal to those weights. Children practice making these comparisons using objects around 1 pound, more than 1 pound, and less than 1 pound to develop their understanding of weight measurement.

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Lesson: Measuring Weight, Mass, and Capacity

Introducing the Concept


Developing children's understanding of measurement is an ongoing task. Children are
becoming familiar with the units that are used to measure different things. In this lesson they
will learn how to compare items by weight in pounds and by mass in kilograms.

Materials: balance, 1-pound weight, 1-kilogram mass

Preparation: Gather items that weigh approximately pound, 1 pounds, and 3 pounds.

Prerequisite Skills and Background: Children should understand the concepts “more than“
and “less than.“ They should also know the vocabulary terms pound and kilogram.

 Say: Today we will compare objects and decide if they weigh more or less than a
pound. This is a 1-pound weight.
Pass the weight around the class and have children feel how heavy it is. Then hold up
an object that weighs about 1 pounds.
 Ask: Does this object weigh more or less than one pound?
Elicit opinions from children.
 Ask: How can we tell if this object weighs more or less than a pound?
Children may suggest that they could hold it and compare its weight to the 1-pound
weight, or they could use the balance to weigh it. Pass the object around the class and
have children feel its weight. Then put the 1-pound weight on one side of the balance
and the 1 pound object on the other.
 Ask: Now who can tell if this object weighs more or less than a pound?
Children should say that it weighs more than a pound, because the balance shows that
the object is heavier than the 1-pound weight.

Repeat this activity, using the objects that weigh more than one pound.

 Say: Now let's see if we can find an object that weighs less than a pound.
Have a volunteer choose an object that he or she thinks weighs less than 1 pound. Pass
the object around the class and have children feel how heavy it is. Have them tell if
they agree with the volunteer. Then weigh the object.
 Ask: How can we tell if this object weighs more or less than a pound?
Discuss how the balance indicates the answer.
 Ask: If the object were exactly 1 pound, how would the balance show it?
(The balance would show that both sides of the scale “balance,” or hold the same
weight.)

Repeat the activity until you feel that children understand measuring weight in pounds.

You can use this same activity to estimate and measure objects that are a kilogram or
are greater than or less than a kilogram.

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