Students can work independently or in groups to explore the concepts of volume and rectangular prisms.
When used with my own 5th graders, I printed out the task cards and hung them up and down our hallway. Students folded paper into fourths to provide 8 spaces to work on the 8 tasks. They were given clipboards and allowed to move through the tasks at their own pace. They did not have work the tasks in any specific order, but were told no more than 4 students could be at any task at one time.
These tasks meet the following Common Core Mathematical Standards:
Geometric Measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
5.MD.3—Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement
5.MD.4—Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units
5.MD.5—Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume