After a class discussion that revolves around the measurements that most milk cartons come in, learners dig deeper to understand the mathematical relationships between these units of measurement. A very cute, and quite-effective...

Students experiment with liquid measurements using water. They measure liquid ingredients for punch using cups, pints, quarts, etc. and drink their efforts. They take a liquid measurement conversion quiz.

Third graders convert customary units of capacity to make a gallon man out of construction paper. They use the computer to make a tree map of gallons, quarts, pints, and cups to show these conversions.