Sites (7)
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BBC: Bite Size Maths
Online revision activities for various strands in upper primary Maths.
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Converting Units
Use this simple system for converting units.
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Cubes
The volume of a box can be determined by using this applet to manipulate and enumerate unit cubes, rows of unit cubes, or layers of unit cubes.
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Fill and Pour
Solve puzzles requiring you to fill and pour into containers.
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Manipulations: Surface Area & Volume
Students manipulate dimensions of polyhedra, and watch how the surface area and volume change.
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Volume and Shape Interactive
Try your hand at the classic Piagetian conservation of volume test.
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Volume: Cubes Applet
The volume of a box can be determined by using this applet to manipulate and enumerate unit cubes, rows of unit cubes, or layers of unit cubes.
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Lessons (19)
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Area and Volume
Area and Volume lesson.
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Area and Volume Math Lesson Plan
Lessons on Area and Volume.
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Area and Volume Math Lesson Plan
Lessons on Area and Volume.
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Block and Crushed Ice Challenge
Students estimate which melts faster, crushed or block ice and learn about surface area at the same time.
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Building A Box
This lesson uses a real-world situation to help develop students\' spatial visualization skills and geometric understanding.
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Catch Your Breath
Students will measure lung capacity and explore factors that affect the amount of air the lungs can hold.
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Cube Models
Students create shapes representing different units of measurement.
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Density
Students discover what properties determine the phenomenon of objects able to float and objects able to sink.
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Density: A Unique Physical Property
Students discover that density is a unique physical property of a substance which can be used to identify it.
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Determining Volumes of Similar Solids
Students determine which solids have similar capacity.
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Gases, Pressure, and Volume
Students learn about the relationship between the pressure of a fixed quantity of gas and its volume.
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Liquid Volume
Students will learn and use formulas for the volume of a rectangular prism and volume of a cylinder.
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Measurement Lessons Unit
This unit explores procedures for measuring and learn about standard units in the metric and customary systems, the relationships among units, and the approximate nature of measurement.
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Measurement of Volume
Students will estimate and measure the volume of a container using proportions.
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Measuring Body Parts
Students compare surface area to volume using cylinders.
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Side Length, Volume, and Surface Area of Similar Solids
This applet and activity illustrates how students can learn about the length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using dynamic figures.
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Surface Area and Volume
This lesson is designed to introduce students to surface area and volume.
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Vessel Volumes
Students determine relative volume equivalents among various ancient Greek vessels.
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Year 5 Math Unit Plans
Units of work that include interactive applets, lesson plans and teaching notes.
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