Mass, Capacity, Temperature - Litres - Worksheet

The lesson on 'Litres' is designed to introduce Year 6 students to litres as a standard unit of measurement for capacity, alongside millilitres. The National Curriculum objective is to ensure students can choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure capacity to the nearest appropriate unit using measuring vessels. This lesson includes differentiated activity sheets and teaching slides to support learning. Students will explore key vocabulary such as 'litres', 'millilitres', 'pour', 'leave', 'liquid', 'container', and 'cylinder'. They'll learn the difference between litres and millilitres and when each should be used, practicing estimation before confirming their guesses through measurement.

During the lesson, students will be presented with a variety of problems to enhance their understanding of measuring liquids. They will predict the volume of water in a measuring cylinder after a certain amount of liquid is poured in, with some activities providing all the marks on the cylinders, while others have missing marks to increase difficulty. The lesson also includes reasoning and problem-solving tasks where students must figure out how to measure specific amounts of liquid using containers of different sizes. For example, Eva needs to measure 1 litre with only a 3 litre and a 2 litre container, and students will work out how she can accomplish this. These activities not only test their knowledge of litres and millilitres but also challenge their problem-solving skills.