Lesson Plan: Estimating Mass: Customary Units
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to estimate and measure weight using customary units and choose the appropriate unit of measurement in real-world situations.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- choose whether ounces, pounds, or tons are the most appropriate units to measure the mass of an object,
- estimate the mass of an object,
- determine which object is most likely to have a given mass.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- recognizing ounces, pounds, and tons as units of measure.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- measurements other than whole numbers.
