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319 Filling Containers

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Activity OutcomeUnderstanding that the space inside an object can be represented by an amount of fill material. Using comparative language associated with volume (fill, nearly full, over-full...).
MTS Set 1
NSW Curriculum MS3 Volume and Capacity
Topics Understand Units
Volume and Capacity
Keywords Volume and Capacity
GroupingIndependent or learning pairs
ResourcesPlay-dough, ice-cream cones, cylindrical paper cups, small boxes like chalk-box or crayon box... Choc milk carton.
Lesson Notes
  • Provide each child with an activity sheet, play-dough, ice-cream cone, cup and small box.
  • Ask: What do you need to do in Find Out 1? What shape do you think you will make? Can you draw a picture of the shape in the air? When you fill the cone with play-dough just fill to the top of the cone and flatten the play-dough.
  • Direct children to carry out the task. Ask: What shape have you made? How is it like the ice-cream cone? How is it different? Can you think of another object that you could fill with play-dough to make a cone?
  • Repeat for Find Out 2 and 3.
ReflectionsHold up choc-milk carton and ask: What shape would you make if you filled the choc-milk carton with play-dough? Can you draw the shape in the air? Can you draw the shape on paper while I fill the choc-milk carton? How is your drawing like the play-dough model?
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