Volume: defining, comparing and estimating

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Volume: defining, comparing and estimating

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for learning about volume. Tasks involve comparing and estimating volume using cubed centimetres and estimating capacity using millilitres.

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Year level(s)	Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	volume, capacity, estimate, measure, compare, cubed centimetres, millilitres, width, height, length, container, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Mass and capacity, Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMMG084 Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures ACMMG290 Compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volume ACMMG108 Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass ACMMG138 Connect volume and capacity and their units of measurement
National numeracy learning progression	Understanding units of measurement - UuM4, UuM5, UuM6, UuM7
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