Your classes will be wide awake during a piping hot lesson! Introduce the resource with a video of the world-record-breaking cup of coffee. Learners work to determine the volume of the cup of coffee to predict if it will break the record.

Concepts

volume, volume of cylinders, liquid volume, calculating cylinder volume

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a performance task assessment during a unit on volume

Classroom Considerations

• Expects prior work with finding the volumes of solids
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Pros

• Adds relevance by analyzing a real-life scenario
• Provides follow-up questions to use with early finishers

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSG-MG.A.1 HSG-MG.A.2 HSG-MG.A.3