TITLE: Youre such a smart(ie) board

AUTHOR: Kaitlyn Rorrer

GRADE LEVEL: Eighth
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 20
TIME: 60 minutes
SOLs STANDARD/S:
USVA-Math 8.7
Geometry

Investigate and solve practical problems involving volume and surface

area of prisms, cylinders, cones, and pyramids; and (8.7a)

Describe how changing one measured attribute of the figure affects the
volume and surface area. (8.7b)

OBJECTIVES: The students will be able to:

Distinguish between situations that are applications of surface area and those
that are applications of volume

Investigate and compute the surface area of a square or triangular pyramid by

finding the sum of the areas of the triangular faces and the base using concrete
objects, nets, diagrams and formulas

Investigate and compute the surface area of a cone by calculating the sum of
the areas of the side and the base, using concrete objects, nets, diagrams and
formulas

Investigate and compute the surface area of a right cylinder using concrete
objects, nets, diagrams and formulas.

Investigate and compute the surface area of a rectangular prism using concrete
objects, nets, diagrams and formulas.

Investigate and compute the volume of prisms, cylinders, cones, and

pyramids, using concrete objects, nets, diagrams, and formulas.

Solve practical problems involving volume and surface area of prisms,

cylinders, cones, and pyramids.

Compare and contrast the volume and surface area of a prism with a given set
of attributes with the volume of a prism where one of the attributes has been
increased by a factor of 2, 3, 5 or 10.

Describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing threedimensional figures parallel to the base (e.g., as in plane sections of right
rectangular prisms and right rectangular pyramids).

WARM UP: (8 minutes)

Warm Up is attached
5 minutes to complete
3 minutes to go over
CLASSWORK (52 minutes):
Smart Board Lesson
Quickly introduce cones and pyramids 6 minutes

Show one slide on each

Teach students how to solve for surface area and volume of each
Answer any question
This will be covered with more detail after the 9-weeks test

Review Game on Smart Board 46 minutes

Students will compete as teams

The team who finishes first and has the answer correct will come

up to the board and teach the other students how they solved it
Explanation of each problem will only be given after all teams

have answered
Points will also be kept
Winning team will get a prize

HOMEWORK:
Third 9-Weeks Test Review
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Students may be:
Assigned a smaller work load
Given hints by the teacher
Allowed to work with a partner who is at a higher level (luck of the draw)
Small group with the teacher and other students
MATERIALS:
Smart Board Lesson
Smart Board
Dry-erase boards, markers, and erasers
Third 9-weeks homework review