Curriculum Outcomes: Lesson # 16 Teach Er Date Time Unit/Stra ND Grade

Lesson #
16
Capacity
Teach
er
Date
Time
Unit/Stra
nd
Measurement
Grade
Ria Beekman
April 16 15
80 min
5
CURRICULUM OUTCOMES
GLO:
Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.
SLO:
4. Demonstrate an understanding of volume by:
Selecting and justifying referents for cm3 or m3 units
Estimating volume, using referent for cm3 or m3
Measuring and recording volume (cm3 or m3)
Constructing right rectangular prisms for a given volume. [C, CN, ME, PS, R, V]
5. Demonstrate an understanding of capacity by:
- describing the relationship between mL and L
- selecting and justifying referents for mL or L units
- estimating capacity, using referents for mL or L
- measuring and recording capacity (mL or L).
[C, CN, ME, PS, R, V]
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. Understand the difference between volume and capacity
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:
Products/Performan
ces:
Observe students throughout the lesson. Are they participating?

Willing to try/estimate?
What is capacity? What is the difference between capacity and
volume?
How many liters in a milliliter?
Worksheet
LEARNING RESOURCES
CONSULTED
Alberta Program of Studies Math 5
MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT
Smart board slides
Various Containers
PROCEDURE
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Transition to Body
Learning Activity
#1
Introduction
- Lets be ready to start in 5!
- What is volume? How can we find volume?
(V=lwh)
Prepare slides.
Print worksheets.
Today we will be starting a new topic! Well be
learning about capacity, liters and millilites.
Body
Capacity is
the total amount (of liquid/materials) that
Time
2 min
Time
15 min
Assessments/
Differentiation:
Learning Activity
#2
Assessments/
Differentiation
an object can hold.

measured in milliliters (mL) and liters (L).
1 mL describes the amount of water that a hollow
cm cubed could hold. 1 L = 1000 mL
Examples of when we would find
capacity:
o Shampoo, water, juice, ice cream, etc..
Difference between Capacity and Volume:
- VOLUME: the amount of space that an object
takes up (V=lwh)
- CAPACITY: the amount of material that an
object can hold
A: Observe students while explaining. Check for
understanding often. Have students brainstorm
when and why we would want to find the capacity
of certain objects.
D: Ask different leveled questions.
Activity:
- Have various containers lined up and ask
students to guess/estimate how much water
each of those container could contain based
on some referents.
- Referents: 5mL, 250 mL, 1L
- Write the estimates on the board so
that we can look back at them during
our second class and see how close we
were.
- Show a recipe and discuss:
o What containers would we use to
measure the _______?
o Which ingredient is used the most?
If this is a LITER and this is a MILLILETER what
would you use to measure the capacity of.
- An aquariam
- A toothpaste tube
- A bathtub
- A juice box
- Etc
How much milk would you likely put in a bowl of
cereal: 50 mL, 200 mL, or 1L?
If Tyler needed to measure 1 L of water and only
had a 500 mL/250mL/125mL cup, how could he
use the cup to measure a liter? (2 times, 4 times,
8 times)
A: Observe students are their guesses pretty
close?
D: Give appropriate hints to help students
understand how much might fit.
25 min
Learning Activity
#3
Assessments/
Differentiation
CLOSURE:
Assessment of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
What went well?
What changes
would you make in
your planning?
What have you
learned to improve
upon future
instruction?
Hands-on:
- Explain: If you have a large container are
you going to use a 5 mL spoon to fill it? No.
- Worksheet: Fill this out as you go through
the stations.
- Students will receive some referent
containers and some containers with
unknown capacity. Students must use their
referents to estimate the capacity of the
other containers and then to measure the
exact capacity.
A: Observe students and check for understanding
often.
D: Since its more visual/hands on more students
are involved and engaged. Assist students that
need help.
- What is the difference between volume and
capacity?
- How many mL in a L?
Closure
40 min
1 min
Time
Worksheet. Observations.
Ask students how they estimated the number of
mL in a container and how they found out the
exact measurement.
Positive feedback. Assist when necessary.
See you next week.
Reflections
Missy (the substitute teacher) took the first 40 minutes of
this lesson while I taught Social in grade 2. She said they
did well and seemed to catch on quickly.
The hands-on activity worked really well as well. We set up
four stations 3 with containers and water and 1 with
worksheets. There was a station with small containers,
medium sized and larger containers. Each group received
about ten minutes at each station. They had to guess the
amount of mL or L that a container could hold and then
they had to measure it. Without even realizing it the
students were constantly converting between mL and L.
Students were all engaged and for the most part the water
stayed within the containers ;)
I should have ended the class a few minutes earlier yet
because cleaning up always takes more time than you
think.
CAPACITY
Name: _________________________
Capacity is the amount of material that an object can hold.

**Fill in the following table as you estimate and measure the capacity of
certain containers.
Number on the
Your estimate
Measure the Capacity
container
*Example: #42
I estimate that this container

has a capacity of 25 mL.
The real capacity of the

container after measuring it
is 28 mL.
Questions about capacity:

1. Would you use milliliters or liters to measure the capacity of each
container below? Explain.
a. A water bottle
c. A snack-sized yoghurt container
b. A fish tank
d. A kitchen sink
2. Order these capacities from least to greatest.

120 mL
1800 mL
1L
3700 mL
3L
3. Write the equal measurement in milliliters.

a. 3 L = ___________ mL
c. 7 L = ___________ mL
b. 0.5 L = ___________mL
d. 4.5 L = __________ mL
520 mL
6
4. A can holds 350 mL of frozen orange-juice mix. To make juice, you
add three cans of water. Will a pitcher that holds 1 L be large enough
to hold the juice? Show you work.
5. How can you describe to someone how much 1 L is?
6. How can you describe to someone how much 1 mL is?
7. If a cup is 250 mL and you are supposed to drink 8 cups of water in a

day, how many liters of water are you supposed to drink in a day?

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Observe students throughout the lesson. Are they participating?

an object can hold.

Capacity is the amount of material that an object can hold.

I estimate that this container

The real capacity of the

Questions about capacity:

2. Order these capacities from least to greatest.

3. Write the equal measurement in milliliters.

5. How can you describe to someone how much 1 L is?

6. How can you describe to someone how much 1 mL is?

7. If a cup is 250 mL and you are supposed to drink 8 cups of water in a

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