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Monster Mass

Monster Mass
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Description

Monster Mass is a fun board game that your students will love! The game encourages your students to use informal units to compare the mass of different objects using the terms ‘heavier’, ‘lighter’ and ‘equal’ as they race to the finish line.
 

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Rotations / Group Work
Curriculum Codes

AC9M1M01 9

Compare directly and indirectly and order objects and events using attributes of length, mass, capacity and duration, communicating reasoning

ACMMG019 8.4

Measure and compare the lengths and capacities of pairs of objects using uniform informal units

MA1-1WM old

Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols

MA1-3WM old

Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained

MA1-9MG old

Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths and distances using uniform informal units, metres and centimetres

MA1-11MG old

Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using uniform informal units

MA1-NSM-01 new

Measures, records, compares and estimates the masses of objects using uniform informal units

MA1-3DS-02 new

Measures, records, compares and estimates internal volumes (capacities) and volumes using uniform informal units

MA1-GM-02 new

Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths and distances using uniform informal units, as well as metres and centimetres

MA1-NSM-02 new

Describes, compares and orders durations of events, and reads half- and quarter-hour time

VCMMG095

Measure and compare the lengths, masses and capacities of pairs of objects using uniform informal units

Differentiation

EXTENSIONS

Students can order some or all of the cards in order from the object with the lightest to heaviest mass.
 

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