Exploring Capacity

We started our exploration of capacity by reading, 'Mr Archimedes' Bath' by Pamela Allen.

 

Every time Mr Archimedes had a bath with his friends, the water overflowed and there was less water left in the bath. Somebody must be responsible and Mr Archimedes tries to find out who. Was it Kangaroo? Or was it Goat or Wombat?

 

 

Mrs Walker was very thirsty, which container should Mrs Walker drink from? The small cup? The tall glass or the fat one? How can we find out which one holds more?

Some Children chose the glass because it was 'taller' and some chose the tin because it was 'wider'. We had to work out which holds more, but how?

Some suggestions for finding out which container holds more included: putting them next to each other, filling them both up with water, pouring one into the other and placing a stick in each container of water and marking the level.


 

We found out that by pouring one container of water into the other, we could determine which holds more or less.



Ordering containers from which holds more to which holds less.



Exploring capacity in the water trough



Which container holds more buttons?