You Will Need
- Various containers to measure their capacity, e.g. a water bottle, a teacup, a small teapot, a fromage frais/yoghurt pot, an egg cup, a vase
- Empty 2-litre plastic bottle
- Strip of paper
- Washing-up bowl; Water/coloured water
- Plastic cups; Funnel; Water jug; Towels
- A prepared block graph showing the capacity of four containers in cupfuls
- ‘Empty and full’ (see resources)
- ‘Comparing capacities’ (see resources)
- ‘More or less than a litre’ (see resources)
- ‘Pictogram to show the capacity of the three bears’ bowls’ (see resources)
- ‘Blank pictogram’ (see resources)
- Litre measuring jug; A 1 litre bottle
- Marker pen
- Sand
- Four different-sized bowls
- Four bottles of different proportions