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Maths Unit: Comparing Area and Volume
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Maths Unit: Comparing Area and Volume

This unit plan supports students when comparing objects using familiar metric units of area and volume. It comes complete with a detailed and engaging presentation covering both the comparison of area and volume, accompanying worksheets, class displays, activities and an assessment to check your student’s understanding of this topic. 
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to use scaled instruments to measure length, mass, capacity, duration and temperature.
  • We are learning to compare objects using familiar units of area and volume, e.g. centicubes.
  • We are learning to compare the perimeter and area of shapes, counting appropriate formal and informal units.
  • We are learning to compare the areas of irregular shapes counting square centimetres.

Curriculum alignment

MA2-1WM old Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas MA2-2WM old Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems MA2-3WM old Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used MA2-9MG old Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths, distances and perimeters in metres, centimetres and millimetres, and measures, compares and records temperatures MA2-10MG old Measures, records, compares and estimates areas using square centimetres and square metres MA2-11MG old Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using litres, millilitres and cubic centimetres MA2-12MG old Measures, records, compares and estimates the masses of objects using kilograms and grams MA2-NSM-02 new Estimates, measures and compares the masses of objects using kilograms and grams MA2-2DS-02 new Performs transformations by combining and splitting two-dimensional shapes MA2-2DS-01 new Compares two-dimensional shapes and describes their features MA2-GM-03 new Identifies angles and classifies them by comparing to a right angle MA2-GM-02 new Measures and estimates lengths in metres, centimetres and millimetres MA2-GM-01 new Uses grid maps and directional language to locate positions and follow routes MA2-PF-01 new Represents and compares halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line and their related fractions formed by halving (eighths, sixths and tenths) MA2-MR-02 new Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values MA2-MR-01 new Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems MA2-2DS-03 new Estimates, measures and compares areas using square centimetres and square metres MA2-3DS-01 new Makes and sketches models and nets of three-dimensional objects including prisms and pyramids MA2-3DS-02 new Estimates, measures and compares capacities (internal volumes) using litres, millilitres and volumes using cubic centimetres MA2-NSM-01 new Estimates, measures and compares the masses of objects using kilograms and grams
VCMMG196 Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles and the volume and capacity of prisms using familiar metric units VCMMG169 Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means VCMMG166 Compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volume VCMMG165 Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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