Day 1: Researching: Before you begin today, your teacher will be
placing you in four groups of five students. You will be given a
number from 1 to 4. The groups will be made up of people that
have the same number. You will meet in these groups when you are
completing the activities for this lesson. First you will learn
about the four measures of volume which you will be exploring
throughout this unit: cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. Begin by
following the directions on each of the following slides. You
just took a look at containers that hold different measures of
volume including: cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. Then you
brainstormed individually, in small groups, and as a whole class
in order to identify items that you have seen in similar
containers at school or at home. Finally, you discussed
different things that you can measure using the containers that
we looked at. You should continue to think about why containers
of different sizes are useful in your world. Before you
continue, take a look at thi