5th Grade Math Measurement: Volume
Common Core Enrichment Project Menu
3rd 9 Weeks
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Create a poster teaching
others to measure
rectangular prisms using
the V= L x W x H. On the
poster include at least five
examples of rectangular
prisms and directions
showing how to measure
them.
Using this cube template:
Create three cubes with three
different volume measurements:
125 cubic inches, 64 cubic inches
and 1000 cubic inches. Label and
identify the volume on each
cube
Find the volume of your
classroom, a nearby closet in or
near your classroom, and the
closest restroom in your
building. Determine what
measuring tools you will need.
You will have to use your
creativity to measure the height
of each area. Create a table or
graph displaying your results
Create a short book called,
"Anything and Everything A 5th
Grader Needs To Know About
Volume."
In the book include reasons why
volume is important, the
definition of volume, how to
measure volume in real life and
how to measure volume in two
dimensional figures. Include
illustrations.
Using exactly 100 Legos, build
five different containers with
different volume capacities. Use
a type of cubic unit
measurement to determine their
volume.
If you don't have enough Legos
to complete this project for a full
display of all five containers, take
a digital picture and glue photos
of your five Lego containers to a
poster displaying their volume.
Compose a humorous rhyming
poem about volume. The poem
should have at least five stanzas
and include ten facts about
volume.
Create a fifteen question quiz for
your classmates testing their
knowledge of “volume”. You
may use drawings, models or
illustrations to test your
classmates. The questions can be
in any form as long as they
review their “volume skills”.
Prepare an answer key for your
teacher.
Volume can be measured in
cubic units by determining how
many cubic units would fill the
container. Find ten random
containers in your classroom and
cubic squares from your teacher.
If your teacher can't provide you
with cubic unit squares, choose
an improvised cubic unit such as
mini marshmallows or dice to
find their volume. Create a
poster with illustrations of each
container that you used and
write their measured volume
next to the container.
Find ten different books or
textbooks in your classroom.
Measure the volume of each
book using the formula: V=L x W
x H. Create a table or graph to
display the volume of each book.
Include the title of the book on
your table or graph.