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Surface Area and Volume

Strand: Shape and Space (Measurement)
Outcomes: 3, 4

Step 4: Assess Student Learning

Guiding Questions

• Look back at what you determined as acceptable evidence in Step 2.
• What are the most appropriate methods and activities for assessing student learning?
• How will I align my assessment strategies with my teaching strategies?

Sample Assessment Tasks

In addition to ongoing assessment throughout the lessons, consider the following sample activities to evaluate students' learning at key milestones. Suggestions are given for assessing all students as a class or in groups, individual students in need of further evaluation and individual or groups of students in a variety of contexts.

A. Whole Class/Group Assessment

Examples of Whole Class/Group Assessment  

B. One-on-One Assessment

Examples of One on One Assessment  

C. Applied Learning

Provide opportunities for students to use what they have learned about surface area and volume in practical situations and notice whether or not the knowledge transfers.

Activity 1: Have the students measure and calculate the amount of material required to cover a small building such as an outside shed, a cabin, a boathouse or a grain bin, excluding the roof. Students should include a diagram, net shapes and all calculations.

Activity 2: Have the students analyze the relationship between the volume and surface area of a cylinder as the radius increases while the height changes and/or analyze the relationship between the volume and the surface area of a cylinder as the height increases and the radius stays the same. Students could work in groups and share their results.

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