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Under the surface
In this resource, students investigate the difference between surface area and volume using dynamic geometry. There are teacher notes and links to activities.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | Area, Cylinder, Box, Solid, Net, Volume, Surface area |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8M06
Use Pythagoras' theorem to solve problems involving the side lengths of right-angled triangles |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Understanding units of measurement (P10) Multiplicative strategies (P9) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NSW Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State of New South Wales (Department of Education),2018. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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