Learning Context:

Introduction: students make two different kinds of prisms out of the same sheet of paper and then calculate how many centimeter cubes would be needed to fill each prism.

Teacher objective: Students will understand the basic principles of volume.  The concept of volume tells you how much space a package occupies and how much it might weigh.  Weight and space are important factors for measuring volume.  Explain that well surface area is a measure of the boundary of a solid, volume is a measure of space inside a solid.

Student objective: students will be able to determine the volume of the rectangular prism.

Time Required: 2 Days:  45 minute period

Standard 3 - Mathematics

Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.

Measurement

Key Idea 1 - Alternate

Students use measurement in real-world situations

Performance Indicators

• use appropriate standard and nonstandard measurement tools in measurement activities.
• understand the simple attributes of length, weight, volume, time, and temperature.
• measure the length or volume of an object
• collect and display simple data.

 

New York City Performance Standards

            M2 Geometry and Measurement Concepts
                        M2a Be familiar with assorted two - and three - dimensional objects.
                        M2d Determine and understand length, area, and volume.

            M6 Mathematical Skills and Tools

                        M6 b Know and use the correct order of operations for arithmetic computations