DATE: _______________

TIME: ________________
Math III
Objectives
Find the capacity of a container using milliliter/liter
Convert liter to milliliter and vice versa
Value Focus
Water conservation
Prerequisite Concepts and Skills
Non-standard unit of capacity
Materials
Measuring cup or jug, medicine bottles and medicine dropper, shampoo
bottles, glass and cups, different liquid containers, water
Instructional Procedures
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Drill
Have a drill among pupils in listing the liquids they use at
home. Ask: How are these liquids packaged?
2. Review
Give the most appropriate unit of measure for the following (cm or m).
a. paper
b. table
c. book
d. rope
d. match
box
3. Motivation
Put two glasses on your table, one glass with water, the other
one empty. Pour a small amount of water from one glass to the
other. Ask: What is the exact amount of water poured in the
empty glass? What units of measure should be used to
determine the amount of liquid in the glass?
Say: Nowadays we experience water shortage. What can you do to
Do it?
B. Developmental Activities
1. Presenting the Lesson
Present real measuring devices that show L and mL: e.g.
measuring cup, jug, medicine dropper or beaker
mL

Let pupils name the measuring devices. Let them identify what they see on the
measuring devices.
Ask: What does L stand for? How about mL? What do they measure?
Introduce the term capacity. Say: Capacity means how much liquid a container
can hold. Tell them that some of the units of measure for capacity is liter (L) or
milliliter (mL).
Ask a pupil to measure 1 mL of water. Ask:
Which of these devices will you use? Why? Pour the amount in a small glass.
About how many milliliters of water does this glass contain/hold? Let pupils
give their estimates.
How about this pail, how many milliliters of water does it contain/hold? Let pupils
give their estimates.
Ask another pupil to measure 1 L of water. Ask:
Which of these devices will you use? Why?
Can you put 1 L of water in the small glass? Why?
How about in the pail? Why? About how many liters of water can it contain/hold?
2. Performing the Activities
Divide the class into 6 groups. Let them do the activities given.
Activity Groups 1 and 2
Materials: measuring cup/jug that shows mL, water, glass, small medicine
bottle
Procedure:
1. Take turns to use the containers.
2. Fill the container up to its brim with water.
3. Pour the water from the container to the measuring cup/jug.
4. Read the scale carefully.
5. Record the amount of liquid the container holds in the table as shown.
Container
Amount of water/liquid
it holds in milliliter
Glass
Small medicine bottle

Activity Groups 3 and 4

Materials: measuring cup/jug that shows L, water, jug, pail
Procedure:
1. Take turns to use the containers.
2. Fill the measuring cup/jug up to 1 liter.

3. Pour the 1L water into the container.

4. Fill the container with as many as 1-L water until it is full.
5. Record the amount of liquid the container holds in the table
as shown.
Container
Amount of water/liquid it
holds in liter
Water jug
Pail
Activity Groups 5 and 6
Materials: plastic cups with labels 250 mL and 100 mL,
respectively, 1 L juice drink bottle (see illustration)

mL

mL

11.

Procedure:
1. Fill a 250-mL plastic cup with water.
2. Fill the soft drink bottle with 250 ml water until it reaches 1 liter.
3. Record the number of times the 1 L bottle is filled with
250 mL water.
4. How many 250 mL cups of water does the 1 L bottle
contain? How many milliliters of water did you put in the 1
liter bottle?
5. Pour water in a plastic cup up to 100 mL.
6. Fill the bottle with 100 mL water until it reaches 1 liter.
7. Record the number of times the 1 L bottle is filled with
100 mL water.
8. How many 100 mL cups of water does the 1 L
bottle contain? How many milliliters of water did you put in
the 1 liter bottle?
9.
Let the groups present their answers.
10.
3. Processing the Activities
12. Ask:
13. How much liquid/water does each of the containers that
were given to you hold?
14.
Do groups 1 and 2 have the same
answer? Why?

15.
How about groups 3 and 4, do they have the same
answer? Why? What unit of measure did you use to find the
capacity of the given container?
16.
Which containers can hold milliliters of liquid? liters of
liquid? Why? Do groups 5 and 6 have the same answer? Why?
17.
How many milliliters are there in 1
liter? How many liter is 1000 ml?
18.
If you have 2 liters, how many ml is that? How did you get
your answer?
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4. Reinforcing the Concept

a. Show some empty liquid containers. (Make sure the labels are still
intact.) e.g.
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26.
27.

shampoo bottle
28.
medicine bottle (10 mL)
29.
soft drink
bottle (1.5 L)
30.
canned
juice

31.
perf
ume bottle
32.
medi
cine bottle

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Ask pupils what is the appropriate unit of capacity measure to be used,
mL or L for each container. Write their answers on the Show Me board.
34.
Call some pupils to show and read the amount of liquid the container
holds based on its label.
35.
b. Group Activity
36.
How do you measure capacity with metric units?
37.
Make a table like the one shown below. Select five empty containers with
various capacities. Estimate the capacity of each. Then use the metric measuring
cup and water to measure the amount of liquid/water it holds to the nearest
milliliter. If the capacity is more than a liter, give the measure in liters and in
milliliters.
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44. Capacity
43. Esti
41. Object
to the nearest
mated
Milliliter/Liter
Capacity
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45. e.g.
vinegar bottle
49.
50.
48. 1.5 L soft
drink bottle
52.
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51. cup or mug
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54. large
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Ask: Which of the containers you measured had the least
capacity? largest capacity? Why?
c. Let pupils work in pairs. Let them answer Activity 1 and 2. Share
their ideas why they choose such estimate.
5. Summarizing the Lesson
59. How do we find the capacity using standard unit of
measure? When do we use milliliter? Liter?
60. Milliliter (mL) is a metric unit used to measure the
capacity of small containers.
61. Liter (L) is used to measure the capacities of the large
containers. How do we convert milliter to liter?
62. To change to liter, divide the amount in milliliter by 1
000. How do we convert liter to milliliter?
63. To change to milliliter, multiply the amount in liter by 1 000.
64.
6. Applying to New and Other
Situations
65.
Present
the
problem.
66.
A recipe calls for L of vinegar, 1/4 L of soy sauce and L
of water. How many milliliters will each liquid contain? How many
liters of liquid are there in the recipe? milliliters of liquid?

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Discussion on the
problem
69.
Let the pupils list down
the given.
70.
L of vinegar, 1/4 L of soy sauce and L of water
71.
What are we asked to find in the
problem?
72.
Guide the pupils to draw a number line to show , ,
and 1 whole.
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77.
Ask: Where are we going to put L, L, L and
1 L? Why?
78.
Let pupils put L, L, L and 1 L in the
number line. Ask: How many milliliters are there in 1
liter?
79.
Where are we going to put 1 000 ml in the
number line? So, how many milliliters are there in L,
L and L?
80.
L = mL
81.
L = mL
82.
L = mL
83.
How many liters of liquid are there in the recipe? milliliters of
liquid?

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For additional activities, let pupils do Activities 3 and 4.
Discuss the activities afterwards.
C. Evaluation
86.
Let pupils do Activity 5
individually.
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D. Home Activity
Let pupils do Activity 6.

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