6th graders have been hard at work finding surface area of three dimensional shapes. After learning how to find the area of two dimensional shapes, they applied their learning to find the entire surface area of a shape.
We started by identifying and naming pyramids and prisms by looking at their attributes. After talking about the parts of each shape, students learned how to create a net of each shape based on the faces that make up each shape. We used Magna-tiles to create three dimensional shapes, trace the nets, and then find the area of each part. We then moved on to being able to draw a net of each shape and use an equation to find the total surface area.
Students applied their learning to real world situations that would require surface area to be found to cover different structures.
No comments:
Post a Comment