2.45 Container Comparisons
“Container comparisons” is Lesson 45 (Food Science unit) of the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, a one-on-one mentoring activity. The mentee arranges empty liquid containers from smallest to largest, predicts and measures how many cups each holds using water, and learns to compare liquid volume measurements and conversions (cups, pints, quarts, half-gallons, gallons).
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Compare liquid volume measurements.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 15-20 minutes.
- Materials
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- empty liquid containers (pint, quart, half-gallon and gallon sizes)
- 1-cup measuring cup
- water
- words on cards: pint, quart, half-gallon, gallon (optional)
- liquid measurement equivalents on cards (optional)
- Precepts
- J. Mental Growth — J3. Practice sound decision-making
- Unit
- Food Science
- Lesson Type
- One-on-one
- Key Terms
- None
- Resources
- None
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NM-NUM.3-5.3Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates