Volume Teaching Resources
Explore volume worksheets, games and more teacher-created resources to help your students build their measurement skills!
Aligned with Australian curriculum standards for maths, resources in this collection have all been designed with your lesson plans — and your students — in mind! Best of all, each digital and printable maths resource has been carefully reviewed by a member of our teacher team to ensure it's ready for your classroom!
New to teaching kids to grapple with volume? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Is Volume? A Kid-Friendly Definition
You can't introduce your class to measuring volume without a simple definition they can understand! Here's one from our teacher team:
Volume is a measure of the amount of space that an object occupies in three dimensions.
What Are the Units of Volume?
While liquid volume is typically measured in liquid units such as litres or mililitres measuring the volume of a 3D object requires different units of volume, such as:
- Cubic centimetres
- Cubic metres
How to Measure the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
One of the first volume measurements that most Aussie teachers will introduce is how to find the volume of a rectangular prism such as a box or a cube.
The formula we use to calculate this figure is fairly simple:
- Cube volume = Length x Width x Height
The result will then be represented as a cubed figure. For example, you might see the volume of a box represented as 8 cubic centimetres or 8 cm³.
What Is a Unit Cube and How Is It Used?
A "unit cube" is an object with "one cubic unit" of volume. This specific type of cube has a side length of 1 unit, which makes it useful for measuring the volume of other 3D objects.
To find the volume of an object, students can count how many unit cubes will fit inside it without overlapping.
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Year 7 Maths Test - Measuring Volume
Assess your students' skills with measuring volume using a printable Year 6 Volume Assessment.
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Volume and Capacity Maths Investigation – Splash World
A mathematics investigation about volume and capacity, embedded in a real-world context.
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Volume and Capacity Definition Poster
Display this volume and capacity definition poster in the classroom to help students identify the main difference between capacity and volume.
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Year 3 Using Units of Measurement Worksheets Bundle
Download year 3 worksheets for using units of measurement that are linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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Know Your Measurement Conversions Trivia Game
Practise measurement conversions involving time, length, capacity, and volume with an exciting Know Your Measurement! Trivia Game!
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Measurement Conversion Scoot Game
Grab a handy set of 24 measurement conversion task cards to use as a whole class scoot activity.
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Connecting Volume and Capacity Posters
A set of three posters to help with connecting and converting units of volume and capacity.
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Volume Investigation - Creating the Land of Cubes
A mathematics investigation involving volume, embedded in a real-world context.
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Volume Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of volume.
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Year 1 Measuring Capacity Worksheets
Improve students' basic understanding of liquid measurement with a set of printable Capacity Worksheets for Year 1.
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Finding Volume – Teaching Slides for Year 7
Teach your students how to find the volume of a rectangular prism by counting unit cubes and using a formula with this set of teaching slides designed for year 7 students.
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Volume of Rectangular Prisms – Interactive Activity
Practise calculating the volume of rectangular prisms with this interactive activity.
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Volume of Irregular Prisms – Worksheet
Calculate the volume of irregular prisms and solve real-world problems with this worksheet.
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Finding Volume with Unit Cubes – Task Cards
Count unit cubes to determine the volume of a rectangular prism with this set of 24 task cards.
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Finding Volume – Differentiated Worksheets
Practise finding the volume of rectangular prisms and cubes with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Volume with Unit Cubes – Worksheet
Use this worksheet to reinforce how to find the volume of a rectangular prism by counting the number of unit cubes.
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How Much Does it Measure? Estimating Units Interactive (Mixed Units)
Estimate units of mass, volume, temperature, length, and more with an engaging, interactive measurement game.
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Number Talks - Volume Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 26 task cards.
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Number Talks - Geometry Task Cards
Build geometric reasoning with this set of 24 task cards.
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Volume Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains the concept of volume and lists associated vocabulary.
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Comparing and Ordering Volume Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the concept of volume.
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Measuring Volume Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of volume.
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My Recipe Rules - Measurement Worksheet
A worksheet using money and measurement concepts.
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Bear Square 3D Cube - Template
3D cube templates with bear illustrations.
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Volume and Capacity Sort Game
A volume and capacity sort game for lower grades.
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3D Popcorn Box Template
Create a 3D popcorn box from a 2D net.
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Volume of 3D Objects Poster
A poster highlighting the formula for finding the volume of common 3D objects.
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Volume Worksheets
3 volume worksheets.
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Measuring Volume with Informal Units Unit Plan
This Mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing and ordering volume using informal units.
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Assessment - Measuring Volume with Informal Units
A 30 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding volume.
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Measuring Volume
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure volumes of 3D objects using informal units.
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Revision of Volume
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of volume.