Surface Area Project

Project Prep

Project Details

• Duration:

  • 3 class days

  • 50 minutes per class

Prework

• Gather the following materials for each group / set of partners:

  • Boxes

  • Toilet paper rolls

  • Paper towel rolls

  • Styrofoam balls

  • Cones

• Watch the following videos to learn more about our retake policy and how we go over quizzes

  • Retake Policy

  • Going Over Quizzes (embedded above)

Classwork

• At the beginning of day 1, go over Concept Quiz

  • Students complete this analysis handout in order to prepare for a retake.

• Surface Area Tin Man Project (misscalcul8)

Standards

Common Core

• 7.G.B.6 – Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.

TEKS

• G.11(C) – apply the formulas for the total and lateral surface area of three dimensional figures, including prisms, pyramids, cones, cylinders, spheres, and composite figures, to solve problems using appropriate units of measure