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What do you think is going to happen in this video clip? Are you surprised?
In this activity focusing on capacity, you will need a collection of different jars and bottles.
For this activity which explores capacity, you will need to collect some bottles and jars.
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?
The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.
A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?
Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?
Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?
How many teddies are in the jar? How many teddies could you fit in your classroom?
An activity for high-attaining learners which involves making a new cylinder from a cardboard tube.
What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?
What is the largest cuboid you can wrap in an A3 sheet of paper?
What size square should you cut out of each corner of a 10 x 10 grid to make the box that would hold the greatest number of cubes?
We went to the cinema and decided to buy some bags of popcorn so we asked about the prices. Investigate how much popcorn each bag holds so find out which we might have bought.
Investigate the area of 'slices' cut off this cube of cheese. What would happen if you had different-sized block of cheese to start with?
If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?