Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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 The game continues until all cards are withdrawn.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.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Fun Games Link

Hello students..




It is the time for fun games. Look i have discovered while surfing the internet.
Do you want to take a break with mathematic games try the link below and have a great time


http://www.taw.org.uk/lic/itp/itps/measuringcylinder_1_2.swf

Saturday, November 13, 2010

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.