E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Mass & Capacity
Penny the Penguin owns a fashion store. Let's find out what people wear at Antarctica. Uses popups.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
PBS
Pbs: Understanding Concepts of Volume and Measurement: Bianca's Babysitting Blues
In this video from Cyberchase, Bianca is babysitting infant twins. As she tries to give each twin the same amount of liquid baby formula, she discovers that all the baby bottles are different shapes. Learn how she finds two that hold the...
Other
K 6 Elementary Education Lesson Plans: Equivalent Measurements
This resource contains a lesson plan that teaches students about equivalent measurements of capacity.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Measurement Teacher Activities: Capacity Lessons
This lesson plan offers opportunities for students to gain experience working with cups, pints, quarts and gallons. It also provides many resources to use with students.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: The Capacity of the Planets
Use this activity to teach students to represent numbers in scientific notation, and use geometry to solve problems related to three-dimensional figures. Explore distance and capacity problems about planets in the solar system. The...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing Cups and Quarts by Formula
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to compare cups and quarts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing Quarts and Pints by Formula
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on comparing quarts and pints.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hop on Pop and Non Standard Measurement
This lesson is a hands-on, cross-curricular lesson for exploring non-standard measurement. It utilizes children's literature, manipulatives, opportunities for writing, and small group collaborative learning. Students will meaningfully...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide Unit Conversions & Problem Solving With Metric Measurement
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in unit conversions and problem solving with metric measurement.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Weight vs. Capacity
This instructional activity will introduce students to measuring weight, mass, volume, and capacity using metric and cutomary units. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Collaborative Projects: Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?
How much water do you use everyday? Find out in this engaging investigation, where you compare your water usage with your classmates and other people around the world. An exploration filled with lots of math and science that students are...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Math: Area and Perimeter
Learn how to enlarge drawings, figure out how much tile to buy to cover a specific floor, and learn about area and perimeter. These and other lesson plans are provided, including a fun interdisciplinary plan featuring dragons.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Drip Drops
Figure out how much water you waste in a week in this exploration using your problem solving, measurement, and estimation skills. This activity is from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Souper Scooper
This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Students use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Students group beans...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Converting Larger Units to Smaller Units
In this exercise, students practice converting larger units to smaller units. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.