How do you know which container has the greater capacity?
We fill it with a material (such as water, sand, cotton balls, rice, beans, marbles or beads etc), count how many it took to fill then repeat using another container. Finally we compare how much of the measuring material it took to fill the containers.
Which two containers can you measure at your house?
What material would you use to measure and compare the capacity?
Have a go at measuring and share your results in the comments section below.
We got a big 1l lunchbox, and filled it with rice. We then got a small sandwich lunchbox, and also filled it with rice. The large lunchbox held the most rice.
ReplyDeleteDarcy and Darcys mum
I love that you used rice to show that the larger lunchbox holds the most, so has the greatest capacity! Great teamwork ladies 😊
ReplyDeleteOlivia chose to use her drink bottle and her brothers drink bottle to see which one could hold the most Freddo Frogs.
ReplyDeleteOlivia's drink bottle held 14 Freddo Frogs and Lachlan's held 15 Freddo Frogs. Olivia said Lachlan's was the larger drink bottle because it could hold 1 more Freddo Frog than hers.
Fantastic observation Olivia!
DeleteGreat explainiation.
Adrian picked a tall thin cup and a short wide container, we chose water to measure, Adrian thought the tall cup would hold the most, Adrian filled the tall cup with water poured it into the short but wide container, after we did this we realized the short container still had alot of room left at the top, so we discovered the tall one held less water.
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic! I love that Adrian estimated, then checked to see if he was right. What a great learning experience! Well done
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