1. METRIC CAPACITY By Miss O.

2. Can you draw your own Big G?

3. Lets review customary capacity! 1.How many cups are in a pint? 2.How many quarts are in a gallon? 3.How many pints are in a quart? 4.How many cups are in a gallon? 5.How many pints are in a gallon?

4. Metric Capacity Metric = the measurement that the rest of the world uses How much something holds = capacity

5. Two units your need to know! Milliliter (mL) An eye dropper can measure 1 milliliter. Milliliters are teeny tiny? Talk and Turn: What other metric unit has a similar name and is also measures teeny tiny things?

6. Liter (L) One liter = 1,000 milliliters (mLs) *This is not even CLOSE to 1,000 milliliters!!!!

7. Talk and Turn: Which is greater, a liter or milliliter? Hint: This is a 2-liter bottle of Dr. Pepper.

8. Lets make it real! What metric unit would you use to find the capacity of a cars gas tank?

9. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… Water in a washing machine?

10. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… Juice in a glass? Hint: dont choose the one that will be more (even if it is more by a little bit).

11. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… Bleach in a bottle?

12. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… Ink in a pen?

13. Which number would be greater, the number of milliliters of milk in a pitcher or the number of liters of milk in the same pitcher?

14. How many milliliters is in 1 Liter?

15. Think about it! If a container held 5 L of fluid. How many milliliters does the container hold?

16. Challenge: Go home tonight and look around your house to find containers that may be labeled with metric capacity units: liters and milliliters! Remember the abbreviations are: L and mL! Come back to school tomorrow ready to share what you discovered!