Lesson Plan: Converting Mass: Customary Units
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to convert between ounces, pounds, and tons and compare masses including mixed units.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- model the conversions between ounces, pounds, and tons,
- use multiplication and division to convert between units of mass,
- convert with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals,
- compare two measurements with different units,
- solve simple word problems by converting units.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- using models to understand units of conversion,
- converting between whole numbers of ounces, pounds, and tons.