Packaging Redesign - Performance Based Learning about Volume of Cylinders, Cones and Spheres
by Cenon Ryan Mendoza
This activity can be classified as Performance Based Learning. Student teams take on the role of engineers as they redesign existing packaging that is already in the market. The math focus is on volume for this lesson and students can use TinkerCAD for a technology integration if available.
Lesson Grade Level
8th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BbHQPLbaKV-PFy5Y33ADuisRRBhF37WH/edit?u…Subject Area
Technology 4. Innovative Designer Engineering S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering Mathematics Geometry (G)
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