Capacity Combat
Capacity Combat is a fun, fast-paced and engaging game that will have your students comparing the capacity of a wide variety of containers.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to compare and order objects and events using length, mass, capacity and duration using comparative language, e.g. lightest, light, heavier, heaviest.
- We are learning to order objects based on lengths and capacities.
Curriculum alignment
MA1-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
MA1-3WM
old
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
MA1-9MG
old
Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths and distances using uniform informal units, metres and centimetres
MA1-11MG
old
Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using uniform informal units
MA1-NSM-01
new
Measures, records, compares and estimates the masses of objects using uniform informal units
MA1-3DS-02
new
Measures, records, compares and estimates internal volumes (capacities) and volumes using uniform informal units
MA1-GM-02
new
Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths and distances using uniform informal units, as well as metres and centimetres
MA1-NSM-02
new
Describes, compares and orders durations of events, and reads half- and quarter-hour time
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Students can order some or all of the cards in order from the container that has the least to the most capacity.