Learning Goal: Introduce volume with a 3 Act task and develop understanding of how to calculate the volume of prisms and cylinders.

3 Act Math

• You Pour, I Choose (Dan Meyer)

Classwork:

• Task Handout / Notes
• Spiraling Practice

Finished Early?

• Popcorn Picker (Dan Meyer)

 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