Looking at capacity 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about estimating, then measuring, capacity. You will be given two containers. First, estimate the capacity of each container then measure them and record your answers. Question a) About how many millilitres of water will you need to fill container A? (Select one) 100 ml 250 ml 500 ml 750 ml Question b) About how many millilitres of water will you need to fill container B? (Select one) 250 ml 500 ml 750 ml 1000 ml Question 1Change answer c) Go to the sink and fill container A. Pour the water into the measuring jug and read the scale to see how many millilitres of water it holds. Do the same with container B. Write your answers in the table below. c) Go to the sink and fill container A. Pour the water into the measuring jug and read the scale to see how many millilitres of water it holds. Do the same with container B. Write your answers in the table below. Object Measurement Container A ml Container B ml Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with SOME auto marking). Equipment 250 ml container (labelled A); 750 ml container(labelled B); and a measuring jug with numbered markings at 100 ml intervals. For the estimation part of this task let each student look at the 250 ml container and the 750 ml container. For the measurement part, let each student fill the containers with water at the sink and then pour each container into the measuring jug. Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: estimation, capacity, reading scales Description of task: In this practical task, students estimate the capacity of two different sized containers, then check their estimates with a measuring jug. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' understanding of measurement units of capacity. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Measurement sense, sets 6-7 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: a) 250 ml b) 750 ml c) 225-275 725-775 Using orange juice Volume and capacity Different capacities Holding millilitres Different sized capacities
