Balance Scale Worksheet Kindergarten Nonstandard Measurement STEM Activity

Description

This engaging balance scale worksheet science activity is designed to incorporate language arts, math, and writing skills in kindergarten students.

Included in this activity are three Scale Recording Worksheets.

The set focuses on concepts of equality and weight comparison including heavier and lighter.

In this lesson, students receive the challenge to explore the concepts of weight using everyday items such as rice, erasers, paperclips, cotton balls, pennies, and golf balls.

For example, a student might discover that 10 paperclips are equal in weight to 2 pennies.

Balance Scale Worksheet set includes

• 3 Scale Recording Worksheets – Equal, Heavier, Lighter
• How to Directions

This is part of a set.  Click here to check out the whole STEM bundle.

The science activity encourages hands-on learning, allowing students to physically interact with the materials to understand weight relationships.

The recording keeping sheets provide a structured format for students to document their findings.

Depending on their abilities, students can write descriptions or draw pictures of their observations on a picture of an empty scale.

This Balance Scale Worksheet activities not only makes learning fun but also helps students develop important skills like observation, measurement, and recording.

It’s a great addition to any kindergarten science curriculum, offering teachers an easy-to-implement and engaging way to teach fundamental concepts.

Introducing students to science and STEM activities at an early age promote analytic thinking and creativity.

With this activity, students  learn about weight and also improve their language arts, math, and writing abilities in an exciting and interactive manner.

To teach this set, do the activity in a whole group or small group setting.

Once the students are familiar with the lesson, move it to a center based activity where the students can work through the activity independently.

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I find that the students enjoy this et enough to bring it out several times throughout the school year.

Download you balance scale worksheet set today and open up the world of science to your students!