Resource 4: Traditional weights used in Ghana

Background information / subject knowledge for teacher

Traditional Akan weights – Elephant, Bird with body in Knot, and Claw

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asan_2/ho_1978.412.407,1994.312.htm (accessed 25/06/07)

Resource 3: Pupil instructions for weighing activity

Section 5: Investigating distance