Gnome Lab
Mastering Measurements!
Step into the magical Gnome Lab, where potions bubble and crystals glow! This game turns the often-tricky topic of Measurement into a hands-on scientific experiment.
Designed for Year 2 and 3, it covers the core four: Length, Mass (Weight), Capacity (Volume), and Temperature.
⚗️ Lab Protocols
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Length Station Measure glowing crystals against the ruler. Is it 5cm or 6cm? Look closely at the markings!
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Mass Station Weigh the magical stones. Read the scales carefully—do the lines go up in 1s, 2s, or 10s?
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Potion Station Read the capacity of the beaker. How much slime is in there? (ml).
📚 Curriculum Focus (Measurement)
Gnome Lab is directly aligned with the National Curriculum requirements for measurement:
- Standard Units Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml).
- Scale Reading Read scales where standard units are marked at different intervals (e.g., number lines that count by 2s or 5s).
- Comparison Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and=.
🧠 Reading Scales
Reading a scale is just reading a Number Line that has been bent (weighing scale) or stood up vertically (thermometer).
This game reinforces number line fluency. If a child can skip-count by 10s, they can read a thermometer.
👨👩👧 Kitchen Science
Practical Baking:
- "We need 200ml of milk. Can you pour it to this line?"
- "We need 150g of flour. Watch the needle move as we spoon it in!"
- "Is this heavy or light?" (holding a bag of sugar vs a bag of crisps).
Experiment Complete. Lab Safety Verified.
