Volume activities

The famous Popcorn STEM Challenge! Students build a perfectly sized container for a specific amount of popcorn. This STEM activity is all about volume.

Teaching volume in 5th grade? This post shares tips, strategies and FREE volume resources that focus on calculating the volume of rectangular prisms.

Volume is can be a tricky concept for my fifth graders to understand. They always want to revert back to their fourth grade knowledge of area and perimeter. I’ve finally settled on a hands-on activity that allows the kids to explore volume and discover the volume formula on their own.

Get kids excited about volume of rectangular prisms while building conceptual understanding with 3-dimensional notes for interactive notebooks.

Free fifth grade centers, anchor chart, interactive notebook, and printable activities for teaching volume in upper elementary.

Before moving on to measuring volume, take a few minutes to review what it means to measure area. When we measure area, we are measuring the surface space inside the boundary of a two-dimensional (flat) shape. We measure area using square units. When we measure volume, we measure the amount of space a three-dimensional (solid) shape […]

Students design cube cities to demonstrate what they've learned about volume in this art/math lesson. Great for end-of-year project!

hands-on math activity: measuring volume math activity

Teaching volume of rectangular prisms doesn’t have to be boring! Ditch the volume of rectangular prisms worksheets and try this hands-on volume activities instead. I am sharing an interactive math notebook activity with 3D volume notes, a volume activity that involves the use of cubes, and a volume activity where students build their own boxes. I also share a free volume of rectangular prisms game that is perfect for your 5th grade students. Add these math ideas to your math lessons!