Units of Measurement Posters - Volume Conversion Chart

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Using Units of Measurement Posters in the Classroom

Units of measurement posters for volume are an essential educational tool that serve as a visual aid for students and anyone interested in understanding the different ways to measure volume. These posters typically feature a chart, detailing the relationships between various volume units of measurement. They help demystify the metric system for volume, answering common questions like, "What is the metric unit of volume?" by illustrating metric units with clear examples.

These charts often include a converter, making it simple to switch between metric units of such as liters, milliliters, and cubic centimeters. An inclusive units of volume list may also extend to the English system, showing equivalents in fluid ounces, gallons, quarts, and cups.

Activity Ideas

• Capacity Scavenger Hunt: Give students a list of items to find around the classroom or at home, such as a cup, a liter bottle, and a gallon jug. They can then use the conversion chart to convert all found items into metric units of volume and record their answers.


• Cooking with Conversions: Use a simple recipe and have students convert all liquid measurements from the English to base units using a conversion chart. They can measure out water or another safe liquid in milliliters and liters to see the differences in quantity.


• Volume Conversion Relay: Set up stations with different common containers (cups, liters, gallons) and have students convert the container's volume to other units using the converter for volumes. They race to complete all conversions accurately.


• Water Transfer Challenge: Provide students with containers of various sizes marked in cubic meters, liters, and milliliters. They must calculate volumes to transfer a precise amount of water from one container to another, only using the units of measurement posters conversion chart for reference.


• 'About the Size' Art Project: Students create artwork that incorporates different volume units (like one cubic centimeter, one cubic decimeter, fluid ounces, or a quart) and label their art with the correct units. They can compare using metric units of volume charts to understand the scale of their artwork.


• Virtual Volume Generator: Students use an online converter tool to input different measurements and see the equivalent volumes in other units. They can then download their results and create a collage of units using the metric units chart.


• Measurement Skit Creation: In groups, students write and perform skits that involve characters needing to convert volume measurements, such as a chef deciding how much oil is needed in milliliters instead of cups or a scientist measuring medicine in cubic centimeters. They must use the units of volume list and volume conversions chart accurately in their skit.


• Fill the Container Math Problems: Provide worksheets with illustrations of various containers (marked with dimensions by cubic centimeter or cubic meter) and ask students to calculate the capacity in different volume units, practicing differentiating between small quantities and large quantities.


• Measurement Matching Game: Students match cards with different units to their equivalent (e.g., 1 liter to 1000 milliliters, 1 gallon to 3.78541 liters). This could be a printable game where they cut out cards and then draw lines to match on a separate worksheet.


• 'Convert and Color' Activity: Create a coloring sheet where different areas are labeled with volume measurements. Students must calculate the measurements to a specified unit and color according to the conversion result.

Steps to Make a Conversion Chart

1. Title and Layout: Decide on the layout, ensuring there is enough space to list both metric and English units.


2. Metric System Introduction: Introduce the metric system on one side of the chart. Explain that the metric unit of volume is the liter and its subdivisions.


3. Listing Metric Volume Units: On the chart, create a column listing metric units, such as liters (L) or milliliters (mL). Use a metric volume chart to display the conversion values clearly.


4. Unit Converter Inclusion: Include a section or column that acts as a unit converter for volumes, allowing quick reference for converting between units like mL to L and vice versa.


5. Units of Volume List: On the opposite side of the metric system, list the English system's units such as gallons, quarts, pints, cups, and fluid ounces, providing their metric equivalents.


6. Volume Conversions Chart Creation: Finally, create a comprehensive volume conversions chart that cross-references metric units with English volume units, providing a quick and easy way to convert between systems.

More Storyboard That Resources and Free Printables

• Volume Worksheets
• Geometric Solids: Teacher Guide and Student Activities
• Geometric Solids - Drawing Solids
• Comparison Chart Templates

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