Mathematics Year 5 Year 6 Shape

Selects and uses the appropriate unit to estimate, measure and calculate volumes and capacities

Code MA3-3DS-02

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66 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    Maths Unit: Choosing Units of Measurement

    This unit plan has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β area,Β vol...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: Building Bridges

    This activity is a quick engineering challenge that your students will love! It can be completed in a single session with minimal materials....

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    Maths Unit: Volume and Capacity

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    Maths Unit: Converting Measurements

    This unit is designed to help students understand how to convert common metric units of length, mass and capacity.

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    Maths Unit: Perimeter

    This perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The unit provides a reference card with the perimeter formula a...

  • Presentation Year: 5

    Units of Measurement - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β area,Β ...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Building Bridges - Presentation

    This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity of the same name. It walks students through the human history of bridge buildin...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Volume & Capacity - Presentation

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Presentation Year: 5

    Perimeter - Presentation

    The Perimeter Presentation introduces the concept of perimeter to students and allows the teacher to walk through the lesson with the benefi...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Converting Measurements Presentation

    This presentation will walk you through the progression of skills that a Year 6 student will need for converting units of measurement.

  • Presentation Year: 4 5 6

    Area - Presentation

    This presentation walks your students through the transition between using overlays to compare area, to calculating the area of rectangles....

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Measurement - Perimeter and Area Task Cards - Colour & B&W Pack

    This comprehensive task card pack includes 20 problem-solving challenges focused on perimeter and area concepts. Students apply what they kn...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Units of Measurement Assessment

    This assessment has been created to track your students understanding about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volu...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Choosing Appropriate Units of Measurement Quiz

    This handy reflection quiz has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for lengt...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Measurement with Mel

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β ar...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Measure Match Up

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β ar...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Choose the Measurement

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β ar...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Units of Measurement - Student Reference Card

    This useful reference card is great for students to have handy when learning about choosing appropriate units of measurement for length,Β are...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Volume & Capacity - Poster Set

    This Volume and Capacity poster set is designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volume, capacity and their measurement....

  • Resource Year: 6 H

    Volume Poster

    This handy one-page poster teaches students how to find the volume of cubes, rectangular prisms, pyramids, spheres, cones and cylinders. It...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Volume and Capacity Quiz

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Science Fair - Capacity and Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Cupcake Capacity Conversions

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Creating Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Rolling Random Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Thinking About Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Calculating Volume 2

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Calculating Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Adjusting Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Figuring Out Volume

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Volume & Capacity - Student Reference Card

    This item was created as part of a larger unit on Volume and Capacity and designed to help students understand and link the concepts of volu...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter Problems 2

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Find The Perimeter

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter All Around Us

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter Review

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter Problems

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Let's Look at Perimeter

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter of Shapes

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Introducing Perimeter

    This worksheet is part of a larger unit on perimeter. The perimeter unit is great for finding, learning and practising perimeter. The uni...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Perimeter - Student Reference Card

    Perimeter - Student Reference Card

  • Resource Year: 6

    Converting Measurements Quiz

    This Worksheet can also be used as an assessment, to check students’ understanding of metric unit conversion. It is part of a larger unit de...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Liquid Conversions

    In this worksheet, students convert back and forth between common units of capacity. It is part of a larger unit designed to help students u...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Practicing With King Henry - Converting Mass

    This worksheet allows students to further consolidate their ability with the β€˜King Henry’ method of unit conversion. It is part of a larger...

  • Resource Year: 6

    The King Henry Method

    This worksheet introduces students to the β€˜King Henry’ method of unit conversion and allows them the opportunity to practice this new skill....

  • Resource Year: 6

    Converting Measurements - Student Reference Card

    This card is a great personal reference for your students as they make their way through the unit on conversion. It is part of a larger unit...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Area of a Rectangle - Assessment

    This assessment is designed to be used as review to check your students understanding of calculating the area of a rectangle. The included a...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    What the Heck is a Hectare?

    In this worksheet, students are introduced to the unit of a hectare, and then use it in variety of calculations. This resource is part of a...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Finding the Area and Perimeter of a Rectangle

    In this worksheet, students roll dice to set the dimensions of rectangles that they then have to find and area and perimeter for. This helps...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Finding the Area of a Rectangle

    Finding the Area of a Rectangle is a differentiated worksheet designed to cater to the diverse learning needs of students when it comes to m...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Area - Student Reference Card

    Empower students with the knowledge of area concepts through the "Area Student Reference Card." This reference card provides clear definitio...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Converting Measurements

    In this worksheet, students convert back and forth between common units of length. It is part of a larger unit designed to help students und...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Capacity Cards

    The Capacity Cards were designed to help students connect volume and capacity and support upper primary group work involving measurement of...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Capacity Vs Volume Poster

    The 'Capacity Vs Volume Poster' aims to clearly depict the definition of both capacity and volume.

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Measurement Charts

    This set of 'Measurement Charts' provides equivalent measurements in weight, length and capacity.

  • FREE! Resource Year: 6 H

    Volume Measurement Poster

    The 'Volume Measurement Poster' helps students differentiate between length, width and height.

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Quantity Cards

    An upper primary activity, Quantity Cards provides flexibility. Opt to match equivalent quantities, sort cards in ascending or descending or...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Volume Victory

    Engage students with our interactive game board! Convert millilitres to litres and vice versa as you navigate around. Ideal for class warm-u...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Measure Mania - Grams to Kilograms Game

    Measure Mania -Β Grams to Kilograms was developed to support Year 6 students as they learn to convert measurements including calculating the...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Monster Measure - cm to m Game

    The Monster Measure - cm to m Game was designed to support the Australian Year 6 Mathematics Curriculum as students convert measurement.

  • Resource Year: 6

    Grams to Kilograms Game

    The Grams to Kilograms Game was developed for Year 6 to support the Measurement strand of the Mathematics Curriculum. It makes a perfect rot...

  • Resource Year: 4 5 6

    Abacus Bingo to 100 000

    The Abacus Bingo GameΒ to 100 000 was created to support the Year 4 Mathematics Curriculum and assists students in consolidating knowledge of...

  • Resource Year: 6

    Centimetres to Metres Game

    Centimetres to Metres Game

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

    Measurement Madness - cm mm Game

    Measurement Madness is a game that provides consolidation of converting centimetres to millimetres.

  • Resource Year: 6

    Mass Conversion Game

    The Mass Conversion Game is played on two levels. The first level involves the conversion of grams to kilograms while Level 2 involves conve...

  • Resource Year: 6 H

    Equal Volumes Game

    The Equal Volumes Game involves conversion of litres to millilitres and vice versa. Students simply match the cards to find the pairs.

  • Resource Year: 6

    Rainbow Snake Game - Measurement

    The Rainbow Snake maths game looks at simple measurement conversions and is suitable for Year 6 under the Australian Curriculum. Β  Measure...

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