Video
Supplements: Sea
What Measure Will You Use?
Overview
Students look at a scenario and determine whether to use
area, perimeter or volume to solve the problem. This quick
activity can be done with a handout or using a PowerPoint
presentation.
Outcome
Students will apply their knowledge of measures to
find area, perimeter and volume.
Standards Addressed — Mathematics
Grade
5
Measurement Units, Benchmark G
03. Demonstrate and describe the differences between
covering the faces (surface area) and filling
the interior (volume)
of three-dimensional objects.
Grade 6
Use Measurement Techniques and Tools, Benchmark
E
04. Determine which measure (perimeter, area,
surface area, volume) matches the context for
a problem
situation; e.g.,
perimeter is the context for fencing a garden,
surface area is the context for painting a room.
Materials
Procedure
There are three approaches that
could be used to do this assignment.
First Option
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Put the students in groups of two
or three.
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Review what area, perimeter and volume
are by having the students
give an example of each.
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Pass out the handout
and have students answer the questions.
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Go over the
answers with the students.
Second Option
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Have students number
a paper from 1 to 9.
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Use the related PowerPoint
program and have the students
answer the questions
individually.
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Go over the answers.
Third Option
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Divide the class into
three teams.
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Using the PowerPoint program,
play a game where students
can work as a team to get
the correct answers.
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Go
over the answers and declare a winner.
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You could
also do it as an individual
competition where
the first person
to respond gets
to answer
the question
and then meets the next challenger.
Answers
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Volume
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Perimeter
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Area
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Area
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Perimeter
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Volume
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Volume
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Area
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Volume
Evaluation
Evaluate the students’ work by the number of
items that were correct. |
