Learning Area: Future Thinking Year Level: 8

Unit Title: We’ve got the Power Time:

Lesson Topic: Volume and Capacity

Aim:
Students continue to explore calculating volume of a variety of three-dimensional shapes.
Students will apply their knowledge and what they have learnt to different questions including
questions that involve circles (cylinders).

Connections to GP and CCP:

- Numeracy
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- ICT

Learning Outcomes:
As a result of actively engaging in this lesson, students will:
o Understand volume and how to calculate it.
o Understand the difference and relationship between volume and capacity.
o Know the different formulas to calculate volume.
o Know the units of measurement for capacity and volume.
o Be able to calculate the volume of a variety of 3D shapes.
o Be able to convert between units of volume and capacity.

Success Criteria and Assessment:

Successful students will:
- Write down notes on volume and capacity.
- Complete the Volume Workbook and write their working out in their books.
- Challenge themselves to calculate the volume of cylinders.
- Complete the Capacity conversion worksheet.

Lesson 1 and 2 Outline:

Introduction TIME
Description: Teaching cues: 10 minutes

Welcome back and refresh of

class expectations.

Introduction to the set out of Inform students of their

the 4 lessons:
- Volume
- Capacity
- Assignment Work.
Set some class goals:
If you do this……you can….
e.g if you work well for 20
minutes you can have a 5-
minute brain break.
impending due date (Friday for
the Tiny House Assignment).
Remind students that they
need to earn brain breaks and
fun activities etc. Planned
blooket but will not happen if
we do not get through enough
work.

Body 60-65 minutes

Volume and Capacity examples as a class.
Volume and Capacity individual work (worksheets)
Description: Teaching cues:
Once introductions are done
begin with volume work.
Ask students what they got up
to last week in their volume.

Watch the volume youtube

video song (to engage 2 minutes
students).

Class practice on the board.

10 minutes
Students individually work
through Volume Workbook 25 minutes
completing the workbook with
working out in their grid FT
book.
- Provide students
with list of volume
formula if needed
but workbook has
explicit
instructions and
examples.
Students who are at a higher
learning level will be able to
progress onto the volume
calculations for a cylinder. They
will need to watch a video
demonstration and then
complete the Cylinder Volume
worksheet.

Regain student attention and

progress onto capacity. Have
students take notes from the 10 minutes
board into their books.

Focus today on converting

between units of volume and
units of capacity. Practice
conversions on the board as a
class.

Once practice students will

complete the Capacity
Conversion worksheet and
hand it in. 20 minutes

Conclusion 15 minutes.
 Booklet Quiz: Inform students that the winners will be based on
the students who get the most answers correct, not the leader
board.
Resources needed:
- Volume Workbook
- Volume formula sheet
- Capacity worksheet

Lesson 3 and 4 Outline:

Introduction TIME
Description: Teaching cues: 5 minutes

Introduce lesson: Inform students of their

Assignment work: impending due date (Friday for
the Tiny House Assignment).
Tiny House Assignment due on Remind students that they
Friday need to earn brain breaks and
Website Assignment due end fun activities etc.
of week 8.
Body 80 minutes
Assignment Work
Description: Teaching cues:
Allow students to work
individually on their Students need to be utilising
assignments. their time in class to finish their
Go through the checklist on assignments.
the board for their Tiny House Direct them to SEQTA with all
Assignment. the details including the task
Encourage students to begin sheet, rubric and checklist.
working on their website.
- Coding and
construction of the
website.
Conclusion 2 minutes.
Remind students of the due dates and that the Tiny House
Assignment will now need to be exclusively for homework.