Super STAAR

Supporting Lessons

Using Your Marbles, Volume Measurement and Reporting: Ohio State University (PDF) – Students use graduate cylinders with water to measure the volume of solid objects that sink (marbles).

Using Your Marbles, Volume Measurement and Reporting
by Michael Schuette, Ohio State University, www.gk-12.osu.edu

Elaboration Lessons and Extensions

Measurement: Jefferson County Schools (PDF) - Series of activities, which could be set up as stations around the classroom, that use a variety of methods to measure volume and to compare volumes.

Measurement
Center for Innovation in Education, www.center.edu

Assessment Ideas

Show the class an empty container. Have students describe two different ways in which they could measure the volume of the container. Possible answers include: fill the container with water and then pour the water into a graduated cylinder or beaker to measure; use a mathematical formula for the volume of a cylinder or a cube (see Science Background); place the container in a larger container of water and measure the displaced volume; fill the container with water, weigh it and use the weight/mass to estimate the volume of water that the container will hold.

Literature Connections

Matter. Wilkin, Fred (ISBN: 978-0516012841)

Matter: See It, Touch It, Taste It, Smell It. Stille, Darlene (978-1404803442)

Matter. Walker, Sally (ISBN: 978-0822528449)

Additional Resources

States of Matter Unit: Morton (IL) District 709 (PDF) - Extensive, two-three week unit on the properties of matter.

States of Matter Unit
Morton (IL) District 709, http://webs.morton709.org