Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measurement: Appropriate Tools for Metric Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate tools and metric units for given items and measurement situations.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Volume

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will learn the concept of volume by determining the amount of sand that is needed to fill the long-jump pit at their school (or any rectangular- or square-shaped container). This lesson will explain the importance of knowing how...
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: High School Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using an engaging approach, this lesson requires students to record the volume of cylinders as a function of the radius. Students will construct and measure the volume of several cylinders and then begin comparing these shapes.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Volume Units

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This lesson introduces the units of distance (cubed units) used to describe volume. Students watch a video tutorial and then can take an online quiz.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Matter, Mass, and Volume

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of matter and what mass and volume measure.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Matter, Mass, and Volume

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of matter and what mass and volume measure.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measure Twice, Cut Once

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the metric units engineers use to measure mass, distance (or length) and volume. They make estimations using these units and compare their guesses with actual values. To introduce the concepts, the teacher needs access to...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Volume of a Hemisphere

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will present how to find the volume of a hemisphere. Students can look at a presentation and then take a quiz.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Volume of Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore volume of pyramids by navigating through the interactive learning module and then answering questions that go along with the module. Students can...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Hop on Pop and Non Standard Measurement

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson is a hands-on, cross-curricular lesson for exploring non-standard measurement. It utilizes children's literature, manipulatives, opportunities for writing, and small group collaborative learning. Students will meaningfully...
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers explore surface area and volume through this lesson and worksheet activity.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder

For Students 6th - 8th
Use prior knowledge of a rectangular prism to determine the formula of a cylinder. Check for understanding with the assessment at then end of lesson.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Reporting Volume Measurements: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will explain how to determine the precision of a measurement using laboratory glassware and report it accurately. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Reporting Volume Measurements."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Volume and Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the concepts of volume and mass and show how to calculate volume and mass.
Interactive
PBS

Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Dice: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Read the die to find out what exercise to do and how many repetitions are needed, keep a running tally of rolls to see who gets the highest score.
Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Measurement Lesson Plan: Spoonfuls, Cupfuls, and Handfuls

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This New Zealand Measurement lesson plan offers an excellent opportunity for young students to explore, in a hands-on context, the concept of volume using non-standard units. There is also a Home Link available to send home for parents...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Calculating Derived Quantities

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of derived quantity and calculation and units of derived quantities (area, volume, density).
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Calculating Derived Quantities

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of derived quantity and calculation and units of derived quantities (area, volume, density).
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Unit Reasoning Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit reasoning helps us make sense of measurements by converting between measurement units and making reasonable estimates. For the Praxis test, we need to know common measurement units for length, time, volume, and mass, as well as how...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Area and Volume in Kapa Cloth Making

For Students 6th - 8th
A Hawaiian kapa artist explains how she uses area and measurements as part of her art-making process in this video from the Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and learn how...
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Metric Conversions and Rates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Find out all about measurement in this test prep lesson exploring English and metric measurement. Students can compare metric and customary measurements using the conversion charts, assess how much they have learned using the interactive...
Lesson Plan
Other

Pbs Mathline: It Takes Ten (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A metric measurement lesson plan using grams, milliliters, and centimeters. This lesson offers a variety of "hands on" measurement activities using both the customary and metric systems. Additionally, this lesson plan offers extensions,...