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Lesson Plan Week 1 Hey Girls.. Have a look and let me know if you want me to make any more changes Estimates, measures, compares and records volumes and capacities using litres, millilitres and cubic centimetres
 * Outcomes || Learning Experiences || Resources ||
 * MS2.3

MS3.3 Selects and uses the appropriate unit to estimate and measure volume and capacity, including the volume of rectangular prisms

Recognises the need for a formal unit to measure volume and capacity
WMS3.1 Asks questions that could be explored using mathematics in relation to Stage 3 content

WMS3.2 Selects and applies appropriate problem-solving strategies, including technological applications, in undertaking investigations WMS3.4 Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">WMS3.5 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Links mathematical ideas and makes connections with, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">and generalisations about, existing knowledge and understanding in relation to Stage 3 content || * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Introductory question to get to know the students: ‘If you were a 3D shape, what would you be and why?’
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Ask students what they already know about volume and capacity. How might they use volume and capacity everyday?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Teachers define the difference between volume and capacity

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">//(Volume is the three-dimensional space that a certain object takes up while capacity refers to how much a container or object can hold or accommodate.// <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">//Volume is measured mostly using cubic centimeter or cubic meters and can be determined by multiplying the object’s length, width and height; while capacity is measured by the liters, gallons, milliliters, etcetera depending on how much the container can accommodate.)//


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Explain that we will be focusing on capacity today.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Ask students what units they would use to record their measurements for capacity.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Students are given a collection of different sized containers and as a group must estimate their capacities and order them from smallest to largest capacity. Whilst doing this they will discuss why they think they should be placed in that order.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Brainstorm ways that we could test the capacity of a 3D object using different materials.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Students test their order by filling them with different materials such as water, blocks, sand to see which one gives the most accurate measurement. Students then record their measurements on the worksheet provided.
 * To conclude, students fill out the bottom of their worksheet indicating what they have learnt in this lesson about capacity and how they might apply this knowledge to their lives

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Recording worksheet x 4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Evaluation:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Were the children engaged in the lesson/tasks?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Did the tasks cater for the students’ abilities? How do you know?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Were the indicators/goals/outcomes achieved? How do you know?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">How can this information be used to plan future lessons? || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> Assessment: ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">How can this information be used to plan future lessons? || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> Assessment: ||  ||