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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 6 of 8

Measure It!

Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter.

What your child practises

Practises comparing and ordering objects by length, mass and time using words such as longer, shorter, heavier and lighter, and using hands, paper clips or coins as measuring tools. Try measuring a table with your hands at home.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · measuring with senses and non-standard tools, and comparing, sorting and sequencing by one attribute

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is a way to compare a block and a cup?

    • Hold one in each hand
    • Walk away
    • Close your eyes

  2. Question 2

    You use coins to measure the width of a book. You count the…

    • colours
    • sounds
    • coins

  3. Question 3

    Which is the best word: a tall tree is…

    • lighter than a shrub
    • longer than a shrub
    • quieter than a shrub

  4. Question 4

    Which pencil is longer?

    • the one that reaches farther
    • the one that is hidden
    • the one that is red

  5. Question 5

    Which tool can you use to measure the length of a desk?

    • a clock
    • a spoon of water
    • your hands

  6. Question 6

    Two ropes are both measured with coins. A has 5 coins, B has 7. Which is longer?

    • same
    • A
    • B

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