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1	310 Water Play 1
1	308 Sand Play 2
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1	321 Small and Large Things
1	319 Filling Containers
1	317 Packing a Backpack
1	315 Water Play 6
1	313 Water Play 4
1	311 Water Play 2
1	309 Sand Play 3
1	324 How Big is a Ball
1	307 Sand Play 1
1	322 Making Big Blocks
1	278 Deep, Shallow, Big, Small
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1	312 Water Play 3

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Activity Outcome	Using comparative language associated with volume and capacity. Directly comparing and measuring the capacity of containers.
MTS Set	1
NSW Curriculum	MS3 Volume and Capacity
Topics	Direct Measure Understand Units Volume and Capacity
Keywords	Volume and Capacity
Grouping	Small groups
Resources	Cereal box, ice-cream container, egg carton, margarine container, milk carton, plastic (600 mL) cool-drink container. Sand play box.
Lesson Notes	Children require the opportunity to freely play with and explore the capacity of different containers. To carry out this activity it will be necessary to work with small groups of children in a sand-play box. Select the containers in Task 1 and ask: Which container holds more? Children look at and handle the 2 containers before estimating which will hold more. Ask: How can we find out which container holds more? (Pouring from one to the other.) Direct children to carry out the activity and 'check' their finding on the table in Task 1. Repeat for Task 2 - 4.
Reflections	Ask: Can you find a container that holds more/less than this box/dish/jug? ...
Integration Links	Not applicable
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