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Creating rectangular prisms with given surface area
Students use an interactive tool created in GeoGebra to adjust the dimensions of the rectangular prism to create one with the given surface area.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Student task |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | learning tools, digital tools |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8M02
Solve problems involving the volume and capacity of right prisms using appropriate units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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| Organisation | GeoGebra |
| Copyright | © 2022 GeoGebra. Free-for-education material. |
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