Balance Mass Knowledge : Heavy and Light Worksheets

Are you exploring the comparison of mass in objects and the vocabulary heavier and lighter with your early years mathematicians? This set of 5 mass worksheets is the perfect way for your students to practice their comparing of mass in objects knowledge. Children will be asked to complete the following tasks:

• Worksheet 1 – cut and paste items into two columns – heavy and light.
• Worksheet 2 – cut out pictures and compare their estimated mass by gluing pairs of objects onto an image of balance scale.
• Worksheet 3 – which is a heavier worksheet – students color the object they think is the heaviest out of pairs of objects.
• Worksheet 4 – which is lighter worksheet – students color the object they think is the lightest out of pairs of objects.
• Worksheet 5 – color objects that are heavy blue and those that are comparably light red out of a collection of objects.

You may like to provide your students with all of the worksheets if they are capable of a variety of objects around comparing mass. Alternatively, you may like to just provide one worksheet at a time based on your lesson content and use these worksheets as check-in points.

Mass Vocabulary for the Classroom

Along with heavy and light there are other words that your students will be introduced to when it comes to mass. Here are some words you may like to display in your classroom to embed this knowledge into your classroom:

Mass, weight, balance scales, digital scales, unit of measurement, estimate, measure, heavier, lighter, scale, compare.

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This resource was created by Brittany Collins, a teacher in Indiana and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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