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Lesson Plan - Get It!

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A scale measures your weight and can determine that you weigh more than a newborn baby, but that you do NOT weigh as much as a full-grown elephant!

Have you ever thought about how something small like a paperclip's or a penny's weight is measured?

In the previous Weights and Volume lessons, you were shown how to create a spring scale and calibrate it to weigh objects in grams.

There are some objects that we can find, both inside and outside of our homes, that are so light in weight that they seem impossible to weigh!

What if the impossible could happen and you COULD measure the weight of the lightest objects?
Wouldn’t that be, as Dr. Z would say, crazy?
Why don’t we put our scales to use?

Let’s see what Dr. Z has in store (actually, in the lab!) for us today!

What did you learn?

Discuss the video with your parent or teacher so you are ready to move on to the Got It? section to see how measurement of weight is helpful in other ways.