1. Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

2. Capacity is the amount that a container will hold.

3. Volume is the amount that a container will hold in cubic units.

4. Let’s see how many cups that this cylinder will hold.

5. The capacity of the cylinder is 6 cups. Count with me as we pour the cups of sugar in one-at-a-time. 1 cup 2 cups 3 cups4 cups 5 cups6 cups sugar

6. What is the volume of this box?

7. Let’s count the number of cubes that it will take to fill this box.

8. 5 10 15 20 40 60 80 The volume of this box is 80 cubic units.

9. These are the common measures of capacity: fluid ouncemilliliter cupliter pintquartgallon

10. These are the common measures of volume: cubic inchcubic foot cubic centimetercubic meter cubic yard

11. A Project Developed for Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) By Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University, College of Education http://www.athens.edu/vinsobm