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Transportation Theme Preschool Unit | How Many Cars Equals 1 Pound?

My kids love playing with cars. Over the years we have slowly amassed quite a few from garage saleing and hand-me-downs. We love to put them in a line, count them, sort them by color and zoom them around the floor.

Today though, I have challenged the kids to find out:

How many cars equals 1 pound.

A fun and easy math challenge for kids. How many vehicles equals 1 pound?

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Measuring Vehicles Weight Challenge

MATH Learning Objective: Using standard units of measurement to determine weight.

Estimated Activity Time: 20 Minutes

Vocabulary: Weight, Pound, Scale

Materials Needed:

  • 20-Pack Car Set
  • Kitchen Scale
  • Handwriting Paper
  • Pencil

Directions for Measuring the Vehicles Weight:

1. Introduce the child to how a scale works. Practice measuring one or two cars.

2. Introduce the 1 pound challenge. Have them make a prediction of how many vehicles they think it will take to make 1 pound.

3. Encourage them to find out how many vehicles it will take to make 1 pound on the scale.

4. Write down the final  number of cars used on a piece of paper. This introduces young children to recording data.

5. Repeat the experiment again. See if a different combination of cars will produce a different result. If you have a variety of cars, weigh those too and compare.

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To extend your vehicle play and learning, consider adding in a store-bought or home-made ramp. This will encourage even more science, math, and engineering!

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Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, cars, Playful Preschool, Preschool, STEM, Transportation Activity

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Comments

  1. Natasha Johnson says

    February 25, 2015 at 7:00 am

    Yup, on my list for today. We still have out all our toy cars.

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  2. Growing Book by Book says

    February 25, 2015 at 7:33 am

    What a neat way to explore measurement with kids. Now, I can start telling them they can only take a pound of cars with them them when we go somewhere. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Danielle Buckley says

    February 25, 2015 at 8:17 am

    Great idea, Amanda! We often measure things by length, but rarely by weight. This is a fun way to explore how much things weigh. It would also be neat to compare the weight of other toys to the weight of the pound of cars.

    Reply
  4. Kim Staten says

    February 25, 2015 at 8:49 am

    Such a great way to explore weight by using an item that most kids love! Cars!

    Reply
  5. Cerys Parker says

    February 25, 2015 at 1:25 pm

    Love this and as my eldest and youngest are both doing weighing in preschool and grade 1 we will be doing this at the weekend.

    Reply

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