Units of liquid measurements12/10/2023 Circulate around the room as students work, ensuring that students are clicking on each of the liquid units of measurement in order to see how each of the units is defined.Explain to students that it will often require multiplication to complete the chart if they are converting from a larger unit of measurement to a smaller one, they will need to multiply.Have students copy and complete the following chart in their notebooks by using the Visual Thesaurus interactive display of United States liquid units and their definitions.Ĭonverting to another unit of measurementġ fluid ounce = _cup (hint: this answer should be a fraction).Ĭonverting from one liquid unit of measurement to another: Look up the term United States liquid unit in the VT and reveal the different types of US liquid units contained in the Visual Thesaurus database by clicking on the red meaning bubble attached to the term or by clicking on the definition of United States liquid unit listed in the meaning list on the right side of the word map display. Display the Visual Thesaurus word map for gallon and point out the definition "United States liquid unit equal to four quarts?" and explain that the United States Customary System for measurement is different than the system nearly all other countries in the world use - the metric system.Then, they will be able to return to the problem having learned how many cups are in one gallon. Explain to the class that in order to solve the problem in the warm up, students will need to first figure out how all the different units relate to one another in the US system for measuring liquids.Introducing the US Customary System of measurement:
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