Danville+Math


 * Lesson Topic and Description:** Surface Area

**__Focus on Concepts__**
Identify nets and find area of each face; find surface area of various polyhedra

**__Provision for Acceleration and Compression of Content__**
Students watch a video (tutorial?)-lesson (and take notes on?) of topic as a preview homework assignment, then begin work (open-ended group problem, homework?)when they enter class;

**__Enrichment__**
Finding surface area of irregular figures Students teach concepts to lower level math classes How surface area affects probablilty with relationship to games

**__More Advanced Reading and Vocabulary__**
Discover names of various polyhedra;

**__Use of Primary Sources, Artifacts, and Real World Objects__**
Break down classroom into nets to calculate the surface area;

Look at the packaging of different products. Analyze why cereal boxes are the size they are, what's the best way to package a product, how much material is wasted when packaging candy (starburst, junior mints, smarties, tootsie rolls, etc).

**__Interdisciplinary Connections__**
Art---architecture; Science---shapes of atoms or other items in nature; Board game pieces

**__Includes In-Depth and Critical Analysis__**
Give total surface area of a specific object. Have students then create a polyhedron with the same surface area.

**__Fosters Creative Expression__**
Students choose to create their own 3-d object and then calculate surface area of it.

‍ **__Exploration of Areas of Choice__**
= = = = =__Bloom's Taxonomy Questions__= Knowledge: Name the various polyhedra Comprehension: Explain how to find the net for any polyhedron Application: State when you would be able to use this in real life Analysis: Distinguish between regular and irregular polyhedra Synthesis: Evaluate the length of one side of a regular polyhedra based on the total surface area and length of various other faces Evaluation or Creation: Create your own three-dimensional irregular figure and find the total surface area of it