Learning Activity #2 : Add the Volume

Learning Activity  :  Add the Volume of Liquid

Learning Group        : Mix (high and Low) Achievers

Learning Outcome : 

At the end of this activity, the students will enjoy an interactive games and stimulate their brains with the enrichment activity on units of  liquid through adding the numbers of units on the given colourful cards.

Learning Material :

Teacher will prepare the following :

• Colourful Playing Cards (60 cards)
• Each card will be printed units in milimetres (ml) and litre  (l). 
• The proposed ditribution of cards marked with units are as follows:

        5 ml (10 cards) ;10 ml (10 cards) ;  20 ml (10 cards); 50 ml (8 cards); 

        100 ml (8 cards); 250 ml(6 cards); 500ml (4 cards) ; and 1000ml or 1L (4 cards)

•    Worksheet to record the answer and marks obtained from the activity.

Rules and Regulations

Game 1;
1. Students will play the game in two groups (pair between high and low achiever)

2. Appoint a student in the class to be the marshal, recorder and time keeper.

3. The cards will be shuffles and marshal withdraw two cards from the stack.

4. 30 seconds will be given for students to add the numbers on the cards

5. The pair of students write the answers on the given worksheet and display their answers.

6. The teacher will announce the answer and 2 marks will be given for the correct answer.

7. The game continues until all cards are withdrawn.

8.The marshal will tally marks of the correct answers and the highest marks obtained by the group will be announced as winner

100 ml  + 200 ml = 300 ml 

( Correct 2 marks)

Learning Activity #3 : Colour and Match

Learning Activity  :  Let's colour the shape and match

Learning Group        : Low achiever's students

Learning Outcome : 

At the end of this activity, the students will enjoy the games while understanding the basic concept of full, half and empty using simple steps and techniques through fun activity

Learning Material :

Teacher will prepare the following :

• Shapes of a container printed on A4 paper 
• Coloured pencils or crayon 
• Coloured paper
• Scissors and gum (liquid)

Games Rules and Procedure 


1. Students will be divided into four groups ( five members each) and be given a set of printed shapes for the activity.
2. The students will read the printed shape and decided either to colour it or use coloured paper
3. If they choose to use coloured paper they will cut the colour paper to paste into the shape.

Example : Coloured shape half and full. Non coloured -empty

5.Students will then measure the coloured shape and fill in the blanks with the units of volume.

Learning Activity #1 : Spinning Game Board and Cards Game

Learning Activity  :  Let's Spin the Wheel

Learning Group        : High achiever's students

Learning Outcome : 

At the end of this activity, the students will enjoy the games and stimulate their brains with the enrichment activity on units of  liquid through numbers on the given colourful cards and learn to add all numbers to derive at the total units scored by their respective group.

Learning Material :

Teacher will prepare the following :

• Spinning Board  (Colourful spinning board which is divided using four colours - red, blue, green and black)
• Colourful Card - Three stacks of colourful cards (36 cards each stack) - red, green and blue. Each card will be marked by units in milimetres (ml) and litre  (l). The proposed ditribution of cards marked with units are as follows:

        10 ml (8 cards) ;  20 ml (8 cards); 50 ml (6 cards); 100 ml (4 cards); 

         250 ml(4 cards); 500ml (3 cards) ; and 1000ml or 1L (3 cards)

•    Worksheet to record the units obtained from the retrieved card.

Spinning Board divided by colours

Red Card - Front/Obverse

Red Card - Back/Reverse

Playing Rules :

1. Students will be divided into a four groups ( five students each) .

2. The 4 colours on the spinning board refers to the three stacks of red,green and blue cards and the cards will be placed on a table with front side up.

3. Each group will elect or choose a student to record the amount of liquid collected by each group using the given worksheet.

4. Each member o the group will spin “The Spinning Board” and when it stops and the arrow point out to one of the colour. A member of the group will take out one card   and read out loud the volume of liquid stated. 

5. If the arrow point out to the black colour, the group will lost its turn and the turn will be given to the other groups. 

6. The volume of liquid will be recorded until round of 5

7. The group with the highest total units obtained will be declared the winner.

Exercise #1 : Measuring the volume using Graduated Cylinder

Hello beloved students

In order to increase your understanding and skills in measuring, do complete the simple exercise below and fill in the blanks with your answers. Do not forget the tips and steps on how to measures. Hint : Your eyes position.

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Concept of Full, Half Full and Empty

The amount of space the liquid occupies, simplify the definition of volume of liquid.

Glass of Water - Empty,  half full and full

The teacher will arrange three glasses and fill two glasses with half full and the other full of water.

The students will be given a brief explaination of the concept of :

(a) Full - means the liquid occupies all the space of the container

(b) Half - means the liquid occupies half of the space of the container

(c) Empty - means there is no liquid in the container

This exercise can be simulated using other containers which can be available in school such as the following :

Disposable Cup

Water conteiners 5 litres

Paper Cup

Mineral Water Plastic Bottle

School Tumbler

Vocabulary :

i. Full

ii.Half

iii. Empty

iv. More than

v. Less than

Unit of Measurement

Now, let's learn on What is the unit for measurement of volume of liquid

The standard measurement using metrix measurement system for volume or the amount of liquid are litre and militres

1 litre ( l) is equivalent to 1000 mililitres (ml)

Conversion of Units

First,  the teacher should explain to students that the larger units between litres and mililitres is litres. In order to convert the unit of measurement from a larger (litre) unit to the smaller ones (mililitres), the students MUST multiply the unit given in litre or litres by 1000 and vice versa.

Conversion from Litre to Mililitre

Example 1 : Calculate the unit in mililitres if the unit given in litre is 2 litres.

Remember that the given units in litre must be multiplied by 1000 then we get => 2 litres x 1000 = 2000 mililitres

Conversion from mililitres to litre

Example 2 :Calculate the unit in litre for 3000 mililitres

In this case, the question requires to convert a smaller measurement unit to a larger ones then we divide the unit with 1000 then we get => 3500 / 1000 = 3.0 litres

Note : Teacher should explain the concept of large and small units through the simple ways of how to differentiate which term refers to large unit and which term refers to a smaller unit of measurements. This learning concept can assist the students by inference using the word "mili" means small, tiny for mililitre and "large" connotes to litre.  

Volume of Liquid : Which Container has more volume?

The confusion in determining which containers hold more volume of liquid amongst the students are based of their own observation if we are using non-standard containers.

For example, which container hold more volume of liquid based on the illustrated figure below:

Which one holds more volume right or left container?

Usually, students will pick the larger container as they perceived the larger container holds more liquid than the smaller ones. It is correct if the amount of liquid occupies the whole container. But, if the volume of liquid  only occupies partly of the space it can only be determined through two methods:


(a) Uniform Non-Standard Measurement 


This exercise can be simply measured by paper cups or other available materials to determine which containers holds more liquid.




The students can measure the amount of volume by using how many paper cups in container A and B. The more number of cups will give the answer of which containers holds more volume of liquid.

100ml paper cup

100 ml paper cup

This simple activity is crucial to assist the students' confusion on which containers hold more amount of liquid.

Let's measure which container has more amount of liquid.


1. The students will be divided into 2 main groups of 5 students each and will be given a paper
    cups which can hold 100 mililitres of liquid (each full cup).


2. Group A will be given the task to measure the volume of container A on the left and the other
    group will be given the task to measure the container B.

3. Each group will elect or choose amongst themselves a student to record the finding using a work sheet.


4. Then the students will begin measuring the volume in the container A and B


5. At the end of this exercise the group leader will announce, how many paper cups for each 
    container. Based on the quantity of cups, the teacher will ask the students which container
    holds more liquid. 


                                                          A                               B    

 Container A  = 5 Paper cups or 500 mililitres

 Container B  = 8 paper cups or 800 mililitres

Therefore, container B hold more amount of liquids than container B.

(b) Using Standard Measurement

The experiment can be done using different method through using the standard measuring equipment to determine the amount of liquid for each container.

1.  The teacher will introduce the buret to the students and give brief examination's on the features of a buret and its functions.

2.  Each group will know experienced the fun of measuring using the standard equipments to 

     determine which container holds more liquid

3.  The students will pour the amount in container A and B into two different measuring 

     equipments to derive to their observation and conclusion

B= 800ml

Container A = 500 ml

Happy learning.... it is fun right!   

SchoolTube - Metric Volume Lab

SchoolTube - Metric Volume Lab



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Video on "How to measure volume of liquid?"

The video demonstrates on "How to measure Volume of Liquid" using standard measuring graduated measuring equipments.

Graduated Measuring Cylinder

Before the measurement be recorded, the graduated cylinder must be placed on a flat surfaced to avoid inaccurate reading  of the volume. The next step is to ensure the position of eyes in measuring the volume of liquid must be level to the measuring cylinder not above or below the level of liquid.

The right position is putting the cylinder on a flat surface

Position of eyes when taking the reading of liquid 

It is fun. Come on students, do enjoy your experiment because "Practice Makes Perfect". Ready for fun exercise go to exercise page.

Vocabulary

i. Graduated measurement cylinder

ii. Position of eyes - angle

iii. Correct

iv.Incorrect

v. Flat

vi. Surface

What is Volume of Liquid?

The volume of liquid can be defined as  the amount of liquid that occupies a space in a container or storage item.

Example :

The volume of strawberry juice in a glass or a cup of coffee.

A glass of Juice

A Cup of Coffee

Orange Juice

Vocabulary  :

i. Amount
ii.Occupy
iii.A Space