Volume activities

The famous Popcorn STEM Challenge! Students build a perfectly sized container for a specific amount of popcorn. This STEM activity is all about volume.

Teaching volume in 5th grade? This post shares tips, strategies and FREE volume resources that focus on calculating the volume of rectangular prisms.

Are you using an interactive math notebook with your upper elementary students? Are you ready to wow your students with 3D volume notes? Instead of using a finding the volume anchor chart, I am sharing a fun way to teach volume of rectangular prisms in a hands-on way. This finding the volume activity is especially helpful for your visual learners. I also share a free volume of rectangular prisms game which is great for math centers! Grab your free math game here!

Set up a math discovery centre using water play to learn about volume with these top tips for hands-on math lessons.

Students design cube cities to demonstrate what they've learned about volume in this art/math lesson. Great for end-of-year project!

Volume is can be a tricky concept for my fifth graders to understand. They always want to revert back to their fourth grade knowledge of area and perimeter. I’ve finally settled on a hands-on activity that allows the kids to explore volume and discover the volume formula on their own.

Teaching mass and volume to elementary students doesn’t have to be difficult! Third grade standard 3.MD.2 requires students to be able to measure and estimate the volume and mass of objects. The best teaching includes real examples and authentic practice. I love to bring in some visuals for the students to see and hold. You […]

Students benefit from hands-on activities to help boost their conceptual understanding of math. This focuses on measuring liquid volume.

Before moving on to measuring volume, take a few minutes to review what it means to measure area. When we measure area, we are measuring the surface space inside the boundary of a two-dimensional (flat) shape. We measure area using square units. When we measure volume, we measure the amount of space a three-dimensional (solid) shape […]