Curated and Reviewed by
Lesson Planet
This A Day at the Beach! performance also includes:
- Activity
- Worksheet
- Assessment
- Rubric
- Answer Key
- Join to access all included materials
Make math class feel like a day at the beach (minus all the sunburns, of course). Given information about a pail, a soup can, and a plastic pyramid mold, pupils calculate the volume of sand that can fit in each. They then design sand castles and determine the volume of sand needed to build them.
4 Views
1 Download
CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
Additional Tags
Instructional Ideas
- Have a contest with different categories to see which classmate designs the best sand castle
Classroom Considerations
- Scholars must be familiar with using volume formulas
- Knowledge of similarity is a prerequisite
Pros
- Provides student worksheets
- Gives a rubric for learners to self-assess
Cons
- None