Volume Lesson Plan Provide Options for Executive Functions: A handout with all of the figures and problems

will be provided to guide note-taking. The handout will also list the lesson objectives at the top of the page. Provide Options for Self-Regulation: Encourage students to take brief breaks if frustration occurs during the lesson. Also provide incentives such as candy to encourage increased class participation. Lesson objective: Students will be able to calculate the volumes of cubes, rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones. Use of calculators is permitted. Drill: Put these problems on the board and have the students answer this in their drill book. Find the area: Provide Options for Perception: For this part of the lesson, and the remaining parts of the lesson, all figures will be displayed within a PowerPoint presentation on a Promethean Board. 1) of this rectangle

2) of this square

3) of this triangle

4) of this circle

Provide Options for Physical Action: At this time, invite students to volunteer to come up and interact with the Promethean Board to share their answers with the class. Also allow students to submit answers anonymously be remote to the Promethean Board. Students can also do the same for any questions they may have if they do not feel comfortable voicing them aloud. Provide Options for Language, Mathematics, and Symbols: For any students that struggled with the drill problems, provide a quick review of the formulas to find the area in the problems above: Rectangle/Square: A = lw = (length)(width) Circle: A = r2 = (radius)2 Before the main lesson, the following definition of volume will be introduced to the students: Volume: the amount of space that is enclosed within a container Triangle: A = (bh) = (base)(height)

Lesson Part 1: Prisms and Cylinders Provide Options for Perception: At this time, pass around model prisms and cylinders to help the students form a more concrete understanding of the shapes they will be analyzing. Provide Options for Language, Mathematics, and Symbols: After the example problems are explained to the students throughout the lesson, formulas for each shape will be displayed as symbolic equations as well as with words. Provide Options for Executive Functions/Provide Options for Comprehension: After each example, engage the students in a stop and think activity. Ask them: How does one of the area formulas from the beginning drill relate to the volume of this shape? Also prompt the students to discuss amongst themselves in groups the answer to this question. This activity should be repeated after each example in Part 1 and 2 of the lesson. Provide Options for Language, Mathematics, and Symbols: After students discuss the question in the stop and think activity, highlight the fact that the area formulas are within the volume formulas of their respective similar shapes. This will help the students see that the formulas are not much different and help to reduce the difficulty factor by linking to their previous knowledge.

Teach: to find the volume of a prism multiply the area of the base by the height. Example: Find the volume.

V = lwh = (length)(width)(height)

Show that the volume is length X width X height

Example: Find the volume.

V = (length)(width)(height) = (any side)3 Show that the volume is the length of the side cubed.

Example: Find the volume.

V = (bhl) = (base)(height)(length) Problems: Assign these problems for the students to do. Provide Options for Recruiting Interest/Providing Options for Sustaining Effort and Persistence: Encourage students to work together on these problems in groups. Also encourage students with better understanding to assist or instruct those who are struggling around them or within their group. Be sure to give students feedback on their performance and direction as needed to help them improve and understand the concept.

Find the volume 1)

2)

3)

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Teach: the volume of a cylinder is also the area of the base ( r 2) multiplied by the height. Example: Find the volume

V = r2h = (radius)2(height) Problem: Assign this problem for the students to do Provide Options for Recruiting Interest: Again, encourage students to work together on this problem in groups, as well as for the problems in part 2 of the lesson.

Find the volume

Lesson Part 2: Pyramids and Cones Provide Options for Perception: Again, pass around models, this time pyramids and cones, to help the students form a more concrete understanding of the shapes they will be analyzing. Also, have them watch a youtube video which derives the formula of a pyramid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbilpBaA-U

Teach: The volume of a pyramid is 1/3 times the area of the base times the height. Example: Find the volume

V = 1/3(lwh) = 1/3(length)(width)(height)

Problem: Assign this problem for the students to do.

Find the volume

Teach: The volume of a cone is 1/3 time the base ( r 2) times the height Provide Options for Perception: Have the stuedents watch a youtube video which derives the formula of a cone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnVr_x7c79w

Example: Find the volume

V = 1/3(r2h) = 1/3()(radius)2(height) Problems: Assign these problems for the students to do 1)

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Provide Options for Expression and Communication: At this point of this lesson, provide the following activity on a handout to the students. The students will do further study into the volume of cylinders and cones using online simulations: Cylinder Simulation
http://www.mathopenref.com/cylindervolume.html Cone Simulation http://www.mathopenref.com/conevolume.html The activity will invite students to conjecture how the volume of a figure may change as its dimensions are changed. Students should be instructed to first do the problems using only the formulas first, and then the simulations can be used to help verify their answers and further their understanding. The handout for the activity is on the next page.

Conjecture Activity Instructions: First, attempt the problems using the formulas you have learned to determine the volume of the figure with the given dimensions. Then, determine the volume of the figure with the given changes in its dimensions. Use the simulations in the links provided to verify your answers. Cylinder Simulation: http://www.mathopenref.com/cylindervolume.html Cone Simulation: http://www.mathopenref.com/conevolume.html 1) a) What is the volume with the given dimensions?

b) What if h = 16 cm?

c) What if r = 3 cm?

2) a) What is the volume with the given dimensions?

b) What if r = 10 cm?

c) What if h = 15cm?

Exit Pass: (final assessment) Provide Options for Self-Regulation: At this point of the lesson, encourage students to avoid using assistive technology, such as the simulations, to get their answers. Find the volume of each 1) (this is a cube)

2)

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Formula Sheet Shape Rectangular Prism V = lwh = (length)(width)(height) Formula

Cube V = (length)(width)(height) = (any side)3

Triangular Prism V = (bhl) = (base)(height)(length)

Cylinder V = r2h = (radius)2(height)

Pyramid V = 1/3(lwh) = 1/3(length)(width)(height)

Cone V = 1/3(r2h) = 1/3()(radius)2(height)