Candy Bar Volume

I thought I would share this idea my friend and colleague came up with. She he had the idea to use candy bars to teach students volume. First, I read the book Counting on Frank by Rod Clement. If you've never read this book, it's really cute. The little boy likes finding the volume of things using unusual items. For example, he finds it would take 10 whales to fill his entire house. I talk about  when you find volume you have add the label cubed, so I stopped through out the book and had the students tell me how the volume would be labeled. Next, I gave the students two different candy bars and the printable. That had to use a ruler to measure and calculate to find the volume of their candy bar. A few students struggled but most caught on quickly.  Click {HERE} or the picture to grab a free copy of this activity. Let me know what you think.

Good luck as you continue to create magic in your classroom!