Saturday, November 27, 2010

Measuring and Comparing the Volume of Liquid

Activity 1a: Measuring using non standard units for lower achiever students


Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to measure and compare volume of liquids by using non-standard units.
Required Resource Materials: 










Measuring cylinder
Water                                                     
  
Vocabularies to be used; 
 more, less, empty, half full, full,


Procedures;
In this activity teacher pours water in a measuring cylinder and guess how high up the water will go.
1. The teacher will show the class a cup full of water and an empty measuring cylinder.
2. The teacher asks the students what will happen when the water is poured into the measuring cylinder container. How far will it fill up?
3. The teacher asks the students whether the cylinder is full, empty or half full.
4. Each student in a group of 4 is given a cup full of water and 5 measuring cylinder. The students are asked to pour their cup of water into the measuring cylinder and determine volume of water using non standard units and write down on the worksheet given whether cylinder is full, empty or half full



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