Speaker 1: It's a beautiful day for a long hike, I'll need
Speaker 1: to bring plenty of water. Which water bottles should I bring?
Speaker 2: Take the pink one with green frogs on it. Actually,
Speaker 2: the green water bottle with pink flamingos on it is
Speaker 2: the best.
Speaker 1: Those water bottles look fun, but they don't hold enough
Speaker 1: volume of water for a long day of hiking.
Speaker 2: Volume You mean the water bottles aren't loud enough.
Speaker 1: Well, that's one meaning of volume. Another meaning of volume
Speaker 1: is the amount of space that something takes up. Would
Speaker 1: you like to hear a story about volume? Yeah, Welcome
Speaker 1: to Storytime by Lingo Kids, where we discover fascinating facts
Speaker 1: about the world around us and the fun of play learning. Today,
Speaker 1: we will learn about volume as Cowie tries to find
Speaker 1: the perfect fish bowl for her new pet fish.
Speaker 3: Look, I got a new petfish.
Speaker 2: His name is Fishy. No, he's so cute.
Speaker 1: What Fishy has no room to swim in that plastic bag.
Speaker 1: You're right, Billy, Fishy needs a proper fish bowl. What
Speaker 1: are some important attributes we should look for in choosing
Speaker 1: Fishy's fishball at treetotes?
Speaker 2: What does that mean?
Speaker 1: Attributes means the qualities or characteristics of something like what
Speaker 1: color something is, what it's made of, and how big
Speaker 1: it is? Did you think of.
Speaker 4: Any Fishy's bowls should be blue like the ocean.
Speaker 1: That's so thoughtful. So Fishy can feel at home, Hollisa.
Speaker 2: Yes, it should be made of kiddy fish. He will
Speaker 2: always have something to eat.
Speaker 1: Interesting idea, Elliott, would you like to live in a
Speaker 1: homemade of dandy?
Speaker 3: Yes, it should be big.
Speaker 1: Why do you think it should be big? Cowie?
Speaker 3: So Fishy has plenty of room to swim.
Speaker 1: Good idea, Billy. How about Cowie and Billy search for
Speaker 1: a bowl, and Lisa and Elliott search for a bowl.
Speaker 1: That way, we'll have two bowls to compare to see
Speaker 1: which bowl holds more volume.
Speaker 2: What does volume mean? Again?
Speaker 1: It means the amount of space something takes up. We
Speaker 1: want to make sure Fishy has the most amount of
Speaker 1: water to swim in. Oh yeah, all right, let's go. Wow,
Speaker 1: those are two great options, But which one holds the
Speaker 1: most water?
Speaker 3: I know the tallest bowl must get the most water.
Speaker 3: That's the one billion I got.
Speaker 1: That might be true, Coli, but not necessarily.
Speaker 4: Elliott and I found a bowl that's not as tall,
Speaker 4: but it's much wider.
Speaker 1: Okay, so one bowl is taller but not as wide
Speaker 1: or deep, and the other bowl is shorter but much wider.
Speaker 1: Now we need to test the bowls to see which
Speaker 1: bowl holds the most volume. How should we do that? Oh?
Speaker 4: I know, let's use my teacup to count how many
Speaker 4: cup fills it takes to fill each ball.
Speaker 1: Great idea, Liisa.
Speaker 2: I want to use my juice cup instead of a teacup.
Speaker 1: Ooh, your juice cup is really cool, elliot, But we
Speaker 1: all have to use the same tool to measure for
Speaker 1: the experiment to work.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I remember from when we built the true
Speaker 2: bee house. Let's just use Lisa's tea cup.
Speaker 1: Great, now, everyone count how many tea cups of water
Speaker 1: it takes to fill up your bowl?
Speaker 4: One?
Speaker 2: Two, three?
Speaker 1: What did you all find?
Speaker 2: We put seventy tea cups of water in the shorter
Speaker 2: and water pool.
Speaker 3: I thought the tolerable holds the most volume, but I
Speaker 3: only took twenty five tea cups of water to fill.
Speaker 1: That's right, cowie. Just because the container is tall doesn't
Speaker 1: necessarily mean it will hold the most volume. You also
Speaker 1: have to look at how wide and also deep it is.
Speaker 3: All right, fishy, let's get you out of this little
Speaker 3: bag and get you into your big new hole.
Speaker 1: Thank you Lingo Kids listeners for be such attentive listeners.
Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed the story. There are lots of
Speaker 1: wonderful hands on ways to experiment with volume on your own.
Speaker 1: Just get a few containers, make a hypothesis or educated
Speaker 1: guests at which one holds more water, and then count
Speaker 1: how many cups each one really holds. Have fun, and
Speaker 1: don't forget to clean up. In our Lingo Kids app,
Speaker 1: you can find interactive games, songs, audiobooks, and videos that
Speaker 1: will help you develop important skills such as communication, collaboration,
Speaker 1: critical thinking, and creativity. Discover the power of play learning
Speaker 1: when learning is fun. See you in our next episode.