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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.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 4, Year 5
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 (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M4M01 Interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comparing attributes of length, mass, capacity, duration and temperature, using scaled and digital instruments and appropriate units AC9M5M01 Choose appropriate metric units when measuring the length, mass and capacity of objects; use smaller units or a combination of units to obtain a more accurate measure
Numeracy progression	Understanding units of measurement (P6, P8)
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