What's Going On? April 30th through May 4th

Unit 11: Surface Area and Volume


We ended up with a strange week last week due to our freshmen taking the Aspire Test.  This week should get us back on track.  During class on Monday, students will have class time to work on the "Tiny House" project.  For this project, students will design their own tiny house layout, determine the area of the different places and surfaces within the tiny house, and calculate the cost of some basic home improvements.  This project is designed to give students a look at some real-world application of Geometry, measurement, and surface area.  This project will be due on the day of our Unit 11 summative assessment.

During class on Tuesday, students will start off with a short BlackBoard formative assessment on surface area.  Once we complete this, we will dive into "volume".  Throughout the week, we will talk about how to calculate the volume of prisms, pyramids, and spheres.

What's Going On? April 23rd through April 27th

Unit 11: Volume

This week we will continue our study of 3D shapes.  We will spend the first part of the week talking more about surface area.  We will also get started on our "Tiny House" project, where students will get to design the layout for their own tiny house.  Students will calculate area, surface area, and the cost of doing some basic home improvements within their own "tiny house".  At the end of the week, students will start to investigate the volume of prisms and pyramids.  Students should expect to see a couple of formative assessments throughout the week so we can make sure we are on the right track.

What's Going On? April 16th through April 20th

Finishing Up Unit 10: Area

We will spend the first part of this week getting ready for our unit 10 summative assessment on area.  Students will work on our summative review during class on Monday.  Due to a Biology fieldtrip, many of our students will be missing class on Tuesday.  Therefore, we will have our unit 10 summative on Wednesday.  We will arrange a time and day for our "Class Kick" session so that students can get any last minute questions answered.  We will spend our last class period of the week kicking off unit 11 on volume.