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Mind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement Lesson PlanMind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement Lesson Plan
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Mind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement

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Elementary and middle schoolers identify different units of liquid measurement. They use the online Visual Thesaurus to learn about the relationships between units of liquid measurement.

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liquid volume, measuring liquids, gallons, pints, quarts, unit conversion

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visual thesaurus, customary system, convert units, liquid capacity, liquid volume, cup, fluid ounce, gallon, pint, quart, math
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Research

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