Measuring Capacity

Room 7 has been learning all about Capacity in Measurement. We took part in an investigation called "The Biggest Drink". For this investigation we had to imagine there were no hoses or sprinklers. We had to find the container with the largest capacity, which could be used to water the garden. We worked in teams to choose four containers and estimate how many cups each container would hold. The next day we measured the capacity of each container with sand. We used a cup as our unit and compared the results to our estimations. We were then able to see which container would give the garden the biggest drink.