Wednesday Practical :Capacity
Collect a selection of empty containers, plastic tubs or bottles. Explore how much water each container holds. Investigate making the container full, half full … Put your containers in order smallest to largest and complete task 1.
Thursday
Choose a large container or a jug. Investigate filling up the container to help understand how much water it can hold. Find some small containers such as yoghurt pots, plastic cup, egg cup.... Estimate how many cups of water are needed to fill your large container. Now have fun filling the container with water... remember to keep track of the number of cupfuls!!! Complete task 2 worksheet.
Friday Numeracy
Choose five containers to measure the capacity of. Choose an empty yoghurt pot or small container to measure your containers with. Estimate how many yoghurt pots will it take to fill each container. Record your predictions and then have fun filling each of your containers. Complete task 3 worksheet.