Solve problems involving volume

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Objective

SWBAT solve multi-step problems involving volume.

Big Idea

How do I apply understanding of volume to complex, multi-step problems?

Lesson Author

Jeff Li MTP

New York, NY

Grade Level

Eighth grade

Subjects

Math

volume (3-D Geom)

modeling

Standards

8.G.C.9

Know the formulas for the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

MP2

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

MP4

Model with mathematics.

Warm Up

10 minutes

Each day, students complete a Warmup that usually consists of spiraling the previous day's material, in addition to older material. Warm-up problems also sometimes extend lessons that students have encountered before to more unfamiliar contexts.

Play of the Day

40 minutes

Finding the missing dimension in volume problems

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Huddle

10 minutes

I like to review the Gold_Volume_Problems for the huddle for this lesson, because it pushes kids to go "backwards" in the volume formula. The more flexible the students can get in using algebra and geometry concepts to solve problems, the more proficient they will become.