Volume: Measuring Cubic Units

Subject: Math, Measurement and Data

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in strategic and purposeful partnerships and take "math" notes
• Practice creating different shapes with the same volume
• Decompose shapes layer by layer to determine total volume
• Create a class volume museum
• Complete an "exit ticket" to help drive your next instructional steps

Materials Needed:

• Blank paper
• Pencils
• Computer with projector or print out watermelon image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_watermelon
• Document camera or whiteboard, computer with projector
• Counting cubes or connecting cubes (at least 45 per group of 2 students)

 

Printable Resources:

• Student Resources:
  • “Exit Slips” (1 copy per student)
  • “Volume Cubed” (1 copy per student)
  • “Isometric Dot Paper” (1 copy per student if they need it)
  • 3 “Volume Museum” worksheets (1 copy per student)
• Teacher Resources:
  • Exit Slips” Answer Key (1 copy for Teacher)
  • "Volume Cubed” Answer Key (1 copy per student)
  • “Sketching Volume” (1 copy for display)
  • “How to Draw a Cubic Centimeter”  (1 copy for display)
  • “Volume Museum Assignments” (1 copy to cut and distribute)

CCSS: 5.MD.4, MP1, MP2, & MP4

File Type: PDF