Math · Stage 1

Hot or cold? Read a thermometer and choose the right tool

Read a thermometer in degrees Celsius and choose the right tool to measure length, mass, capacity, time or temperature.

✦ Math📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start

read a thermometer in degrees Celsius and choose the right tool to measure length, mass, capacity, time or temperature

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Is the bath too hot?

Mama fills a bath for baby Mo. Ayu wants to know if the water is too hot. She grabs a ruler and holds it in the water. Wei laughs. On the kitchen shelf sit a ruler, a kitchen scale, a jug, a clock and a thermometer. Which one will tell Ayu how hot the water is, and how do we know? By the end I can read a thermometer in degrees Celsius and choose the right tool to measure length, mass, capacity, time or temperature.

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What your child will learn

1Warm up: count, compare, order

2Five words for this lesson

3Five things we can measure

4One tool, one job

5Parts of a thermometer

6Read the top of the liquid

7Scales that count by 2

8Warmer or cooler?

9Choose the tool for the job

10Benchmarks help you guess

11Is the bath too hot?

12Pick the right tool

13Name the job, pick the tool

14Misconception clinic

15Check your thinking

16Hands-on: three cups of water

17I can: self-check

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A peek inside

Mama pours water into a pot. Which tool tells how much water, and what kind of measuring is that?

Mama pours water, so I ask how much liquid fits.<br>How much liquid fits is capacity.<br>The tool for capacity is a jug.<br>So the answer is a jug, and it measures capacity.

Try this at home: Mama pours water into a pot. Which tool tells how much water, and what kind of measuring is that?

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