Kindergarten · Science · Unit 6 of 9
Measure It!
Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter.
What your child practises
Practises comparing and ordering objects by length, mass and time using words such as longer, shorter, heavier and lighter, and using hands, paper clips or coins as measuring tools. Try measuring a table with your hands at home.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: SCI.K.C.2 · measuring with senses and non-standard tools, and comparing, sorting and sequencing by one attribute
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is a way to compare a block and a cup?
- Hold one in each hand
- Walk away
- Close your eyes
Hold one in each hand
Hint: Hands help you feel which is heavier.
Question 2
You use coins to measure the width of a book. You count the…
- colours
- sounds
- coins
coins
Hint: Count how many coins fit across.
Question 3
Which is the best word: a tall tree is…
- lighter than a shrub
- longer than a shrub
- quieter than a shrub
longer than a shrub
Hint: Tall and long both talk about length.
Question 4
Which pencil is longer?
- the one that reaches farther
- the one that is hidden
- the one that is red
the one that reaches farther
Hint: Longer means it stretches farther.
Question 5
Which tool can you use to measure the length of a desk?
- a clock
- a spoon of water
- your hands
your hands
Hint: Hands are a non-standard measure.
Question 6
Two ropes are both measured with coins. A has 5 coins, B has 7. Which is longer?
- same
- A
- B
B
Hint: Seven is more than five.