1. Weightlifting Women’s barbell 15kg Men’s barbell 20 kg Weight plates
The weight of the bar is a combination of the barbell, weight plates and iron plates.
The same weight must be on each side of the barbell.
The least number of plates will be used to make an overall weight at either end.
Eg you would use one red weight plate rather than a yellow and green plate.
10kg
15kg
20kg
25kg
Iron plates
Notes for Teachers:
Appropriate year levels and links to Australian Curriculum are in the notes section for each slide.
Students can “make” models of the bars using a ruler and different coloured post it notes.
Enjoy!
Marg

2. Make your own Women’s barbell 15kg Men’s barbell 20 kg Weight plates
Iron plates

4. Year 2: Solve simple addition and subtraction problem s using a range of efficient mental and written strategies.
Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays
Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations
Year 3: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies.

5. Year 3: Recognise and explain the connections between addition and subtraction.
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies.

7. Year 4: Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths.

8. Year 4: Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths.
Year 5: Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems.
Year 6: Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers.

9. Year 4: Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths.
Year 5: Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems.
Year 6: Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers.