Understanding Volume

What You Need:

• Bowl large enough for fists
• Paper tape
• Erasable marker

What You Do:

1. Have your child fill the bowl halfway with water and mark the water level with the marker.
2. Ask her to make a fist and put it in the bowl of water. Mark the new water level to indicate how much the water has risen. The space between the first and second mark represents the volume of your child's hand.
3. Have all the members of the family put their fists in the bowl of water, marking the water each time. Whoever displaces the most water has the biggest fist!