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Commercial and industrial designers: Working with volume

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.7

In this lesson, students calculate the volume of a variety of boxes, and calculate the change in volume that would result from a change in the boxes' dimensions.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.

Giving meaning to volume and surface area

This lesson is designed to help students give meaning to volume and surface area by solving problems using a meaningful situation rather than formulas.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

By Grayson Wheatley.

Inside, outside, and all around

Students will distinguish between perimeter, area, and volume. They will use tangrams and graph paper to create two-dimensional figures that will be measured for area and perimeter. By creating layers of centimeter cubes, the students will explore the concept of volume.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–6 Mathematics)

By Angeli Jarman.

Post-EOG activities: Student products

In this project, students will become entrepreneurs. They will have a business that makes items with 3-dimensional shapes. They will receive various tasks that will require that they make decisions as any other business owner would have to do.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Geneva Williams.

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A brownie bake

Students determine the amount of each ingredient needed to make brownies, and then they figure out how to divide the brownies evenly among their classmates. In addition to reinforcing measurement skills, this activity could also be used to introduce prime... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

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Collecting the rays

In this lesson, students explore how variations in solar collectors affect the energy absorbed. They make rectangular prisms that have the same volume but different linear dimensions. Students investigate relationships among the linear dimensions, the area,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Learning about length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using interactive figures: Side length and area of similar figures

This two-part example illustrates how students can learn about the length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using dynamic figures. In this part, Side Length and Area of Similar Figures, the user can manipulate the side lengths of one of two... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations