Graduated cylinder, meniscus, physical science, laboratory science, displacement, metric system measurement, milliliter, liter, measuring the volume of an irregular solid, cross-curricular activity, science and literature connections, warm-up activity, Aesop, Crow and the Pitcher, measurement of liquids practice and skills

This power point presentation was designed as an introductory lesson on the proper use of a graduated cylinder. Students are guided through a warm-up reading and writing activity connecting an Aesop fable to a lesson on the metric measurement of liquids. Students are taught in this presentation how to read a meniscus and how to use a graduated cylinder to measure the volume of an irregular solid.