Grade 1 · Science · Unit 2 of 9
Length, Area & Weight
Compare things and change them!
What your child practises
Objects have properties we can measure: how long, how much flat space they cover (area) and how heavy they are. Children compare objects directly and see how bending, cutting, stretching and squishing change an object.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 1M 1.1, 1M 1.2 · length, area and weight of objects, comparing them directly, and ways to change them
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
A balance scale tips down on the left. What is heavier?
⚖️- the right side
- They are the same
- the left side
Show answer
the left side
Hint: The heavier side goes down.
Question 2
You fold a piece of paper in half. It is still…
📄- a rock
- cloth
- paper
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paper
Hint: Folding changes the shape, but it is still paper.
Question 3
Heavy or light? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🏋️ Heavy · 🪶 Light
- 🪨rock
- 🎳bowling ball
- 🎈balloon
- 🍉watermelon
- 📎paper clip
- 🍂leaf
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🏋️ Heavy: rock, bowling ball, watermelon · 🪶 Light: balloon, paper clip, leaf
Hint: Think about how it feels when you pick it up.
Question 4
Weight tells us how…
⚖️- tall something is
- loud something is
- heavy something is
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heavy something is
Hint: Weight is the heaviness of an object.
Question 5
Which is heavier?
🪨- a feather
- a rock
- a leaf
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a rock
Hint: A rock feels heavier than a feather or a leaf.
Question 6
You cut a ribbon in two. Each piece is…
🎀- shorter than before
- the same as before
- longer than before
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shorter than before
Hint: Cutting makes shorter pieces.