Volume

__**Big Ideas**__
 * Volume measures the space inside a 3 dimensional object. In 5th grade, we are only focused on rectangular prisms (3 dimensional rectangles), cubes (3 dimensional squares) and 3d shapes that are created by **adding** two or more of these shapes together.
 * Volume can be determined by:
 * Counting the number of cubes inside an object
 * Multiplying the dimensions- length x height x width
 * Multiplying the area of the base (length x width) x height

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 * A volume of an irregular shaped prism can be found by finding the volume of each rectangular prism or cube in the irregular object and then adding them together.
 * If you change one of the dimensions of the object (i.e. doubling the height), the volume changes my the same amount (doubles). It is important to note that this is multiplicative comparison- the dimension and the total volume are multiplied by the same amount.
 * You can compare volumes by finding the volume of each object and finding the difference.
 * You can determine how many of one object can fit into another by dividing the volumes or dividing each dimension.
 * A series of 7 videos on 3 dimensional shapes and finding volume
 * These websites will give students various questions on finding volume.