Surface Area and Volume Tic-Tac-Toe Student Choice Activities

Individually, choose one: 1, 2 or 3; Individually, choose one: 4 or 6;

With your design team, choose one: 7, 8 or 9

Required: 5 – with your design team

1. Make an information cube showing the surface area and volume formulas for rect. prisms, tri. prisms, cylinders, rectangular pyramids, triangular pyramids cones and spheres. / 2. Make a mobile showing the surface area and volume formulas for rect. prisms, tri. prisms, cylinders, rectangular pyramids, triangular pyramids, cones and spheres. / 3. Make a poster showing the surface area and volume formulas for rect. prisms, tri. prisms, cylinders, rect. pyramids, tri. pyramids, cones and spheres. Show a real world example of each of these .
4. Find an example of a rect. prism, tri. prism, cylinders, rect. pyramid, tri. pyramid, cone and sphere that you encounter in everyday life. Draw, label and find the surface area and volume of each. / 5. (Required Activity)
Complete “Design on a dime activity” with your design team. / 6. Make a booklet showing and using the surface area and volume formulas for rect. prisms, tri. prisms, cylinders, rect. pyramids, tri. pyramids cones and spheres. Use examples you might encounter in everyday life.
7. Create a Keynote presentation showing step-by-step how to find the surface area and volume of two of the following: rect. prism, tri. prism, cylinder, rect. pyramid, tri. pyramid, cone and sphere. / 8. Create a slide show from digital pictures explaining step-by-step how to find the surface area and volume of two of the following: rect. prism, tri. prism, cylinder, rect. pyramid, tri. pyramid, cone and sphere. (You can take the pictures or you may use stock pictures). / 9. Make a video explaining step-by-step how to find the surface area and volume of two of the following: rect. prism, tri. prism, cylinders, rect. pyramid, tri. pyramid cone and sphere.

I chose activities # _____, #_____, and #_____.

We chose activities # _____, #_____, and #_____.

When is this project due?

Required: 5 – with your design team Due date: Friday, February 25, 2011

Individually, choose one: 1, 2 or 3 Due date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Individually, choose one: 4 or 6; Due date: Friday, March 4, 2011

With your design team, choose one: 7, 8 or 9 Tentatively due in drop box March 9, 2011

*If you choose to include all figures for 7, 8, or 9, extra credit will be awarded. Due date remains the same.

Your grade:

Choices 1,2,3 Total possible 100 points : 8 pts each, 4 pts for neatness

Surface Area of : Volume of :

Rectangular prism ______Rectangular prism ______

Triangular prism ______Triangular prism ______

Cylinder ______Cylinder ______

Rectangular pyramid ______Rectangular pyramid ______

Triangular pyramid ______Triangular pyramid ______

Sphere ______Sphere ______

Neatness ______

Total points earned: ______

Choices 4,6 Total possible 200 points: 16pts each, 4 pts for neatness

Calculate Surface Area of figure correctly: Calculate Volume of figure correctly:

Rectangular prism ______Rectangular prism ______

Triangular prism ______Triangular prism ______

Cylinder ______Cylinder ______

Rectangular pyramid ______Rectangular pyramid ______

Triangular pyramid ______Triangular pyramid ______

Sphere ______Sphere ______

Neatness ______Neatness ______

Total points earned: ______Total points earned: ______

Choices 7,8,9 Total possible 100 points. 20 points each figure, 20 points creativity

Explain step-by-step how to find: Circle your figure choices.

Surface Area of 2 figures: Volume of 2 figures:

Rectangular prism ______Rectangular prism ______

Triangular prism ______Triangular prism ______

Cylinder ______Cylinder ______

Rectangular pyramid ______Rectangular pyramid ______

Triangular pyramid ______Triangular pyramid ______

Sphere ______Sphere ______

Creativity ______

Total points earned: ______

Extra credit points earned (5 pts each): ______

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