2 and order and compare measurement. extension activities – 20 spoonfuls of ice-cream bucket, teapot, several volume and Gather materials: Comparing Containers. Ask rice. What might water bottle, baking tray, shapes and capacity using a A container, students to journal their the container jugs, ice cube trays and objects variety of water, sand, understandings about that I used look margarine containers. based on uniform informal marbles, unifix. measurement from this like? Do student Coloured water length, objects, Explain to activity. look for a range Pebbles or marbles area, discussing and student that you Note students’ understanding of container and Unifix blocks volume and sharing their want to find the of do their estimate Sand capacity findings. best way to improve as they Measuring cup, egg cup Uniform units of using measure the continue to look? medicine cup, tablespoon. measurement capacity of a As an extension Appropriate uniform container (how for this activity, materials for informal much it holds). ask students to measurement of units. Fill one container make a container capacity with the blocks our of card that Using the same unit or marbles. Ask: will hold the 20 Proficiency of measure to make Is the container spoonfuls of rice. Strand: comparisons full? Are there Fluency – Ordering any spaces? How using units containers iteratively can we prove according to their that there are capacity. spaces? Suggest to adding water to compare prove this. Now fill the container with water. Ask: Is the container full? Are there any spaces? Repeat with sand. Discuss the most appropriate materials to use for measurement. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each material, for example: The unifix blocks leave many gaps.
2 and order several shapes and objects based on length, area, volume and capacity using uniform informal units. Proficiency Strand: Fluency – using units iteratively to compare and compare volume and capacity using a variety of uniform informal objects, discussing and sharing their findings. measurement. Gather materials: A container, water, sand, marbles, unifix. Explain to student that you want to find the best way to measure the capacity of a container (how much it holds). Fill one container with the blocks or marbles. Ask: Is the container full? Are there any spaces? How can we prove that there are spaces? Suggest adding water to prove this. Now fill the container with water. Ask: Is the container full? Are there any spaces? Repeat with sand. Discuss the most appropriate materials to use for measurement. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each material, for example: The unifix blocks leave many gaps. extension activities – Comparing Containers. Ask students to journal their understandings about measurement from this activity. Note students’ understanding of Uniform units of measurement Appropriate materials for measurement of capacity Using the same unit of measure to make comparisons Ordering containers according to their capacity. 20 spoonfuls of rice. What might the container that I used look like? Do student look for a range of container and do their estimate improve as they continue to look? As an extension for this activity, ask students to make a container our of card that will hold the 20 spoonfuls of rice. ice-cream bucket, teapot, water bottle, baking tray, jugs, ice cube trays and margarine containers. Coloured water Pebbles or marbles Unifix blocks Sand Measuring cup, egg cup medicine cup, tablespoon.
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