Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Third

Content Area: Measurement-Volume

Skills: Measure with non-standard units in cylinders and rectangular prisms

Prerequisites: Understand Meaning of Volume

Instructional Practices: Estimations, Reasoning, and Connections to Real World

Materials Needed: Several sheets of 9" x 12" constructions paper cut in half (9" x 6"), tape, approx. two cups of beans per group

Technology: Measure It

Exploring Measurement Time and Money

Activity:

Divide the class into groups of five. Give each group the above materials. Have each group construct a tall slim cylinder by rolling one piece of paper the long way. Overlap the edges and tape the cylinder together. Then make another cylinder by rolling another paper the other way, overlap, and tape. Children are to now estimate which will hold the most beans (greater volume). Now, fill cylinders with beans. Make another tall and short cylinder. Crease these cylinders along their heights in three places to form two rectangular prisms. Fill the rectangular prism and compare the volumes of the similar cylinders to the prism.

Theme Ideas: Can be taught with Write-to-Write Form II, Unit 6