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IGCSE 0625 · 1.1 · Core · Lesson bundle

Measuring length and volume: read it right

The opening lesson of the course, made lesson-ready: choose the correct instrument, read its scale square to the eye, and measure the volume of a liquid and of an irregular solid, always recording a number with its unit. Plan, worksheet with answers, slides, and a measurement carousel with a full facilitation guide, built around the site simulations The Multiple Measurement Method and Two Ways to Measure Volume.

Syllabus
0625, 1.1
Level
Core
Duration
45 minutes
Activity
Measurement carousel
Core visual
The lab bench
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Every part, two ways

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Lesson plan

The 45-minute plan, with the lab-bench model, the predict hook, examiner traps and a timing and contingency note.

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Worksheet and answers

Six original Core questions, with diagrams to read, and a full worked answer key with marking notes.

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Slides

Your actual slides, presented right in the browser, with the live simulations linked beneath; the download is fully editable.

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21st century skills activity

A measurement carousel of three stations, with the station cards, the record sheet and a compare-and-reconcile step, and a full facilitation guide so it runs faithfully.

The matching topic page and simulations

Send learners to the lesson online

This bundle pairs with the student topic page Measuring length, volume and time, and the hands-on methods run on the site simulations The Multiple Measurement Method and Two Ways to Measure Volume.

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How it is built

A skill is learned by doing it

Measuring is practised, not watched. The lesson is anchored to one picture, the lab bench, then hands the instruments to the learners through a measurement carousel: pairs rotate through length, liquid volume and displacement, recording each value with its unit.

The compare step turns small differences in readings into a discussion about the smallest division, parallax and the meniscus, and random call after the carousel keeps every learner accountable. The habit set here, that a value is a number and a unit, carries through every later practical. The activity ships with a full facilitation guide so the carousel runs faithfully, even for a cover teacher.

Original work by the TheLucidSTEM team. Questions are written in the style of the papers; no past paper question is reproduced. Supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them freely.
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