Volume: Pyramids & Cones

Lesson Prep

Lesson Details

• Duration: 50 minutes

• Learning Goal: Build understanding of how to calculate the volume of pyramids and cones.

Prework

• Read Nora Oswald's Bucket of Lies to prepare for activity

• Cut out class sets of cards and gather "buckets" for Bucket of Lies activity

Classwork

• Estimation – Weather App (Part 3)

• Bucket of Lies

• Notes

• A Fair Price (MARS)

Standards

Common Core

• HSG.GMD.A.3 – Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.

TEKS

• G.11(D) – apply the formulas for the volume of three-dimensional figures, including prisms, pyramids, cones, cylinders, spheres, and composite figures, to solve problems using appropriate units of measure