Wednesday 15 February 2017

Day 8 - Optimizing a Cylinder

Today we worked on optimizing a cylinder:


I worked through this activity more like a note, but I think I would change it up next time I do it. I might try a GSP activity or if there is a Gizmo I might try that instead. This activity required students to think of a number squared times another number that gives 500. There are a couple easy answers but it is not easy for students to work through that. I would rather they get the mathematical idea but by dragging something that gives the dimensions and surface area for them. It didn't go badly but I think it could have gone better. Live and Learn!

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