Circles, frustums and cylinders revision

Measure the volumes of objects

Lesson idea. This lesson is aimed at top-set, year 11 GCSE students who understand the definition of prisms, and have 'had a go at' calculating volumes and surface areas of prisms. The questions are deliberately challenging and may require a few calculation stages.

Teaching approach. This resource offer students the opportunity to engage in active learning^(ta) - measuring and calculating using large size cylinders and frustums. This lesson brings great opportunity for small group "dialogic teaching^(ta)". Open-ended and closed questioning^(ta) of students can be used to draw on their existing knowledge and extend their understanding. The teacher provides a practical commentary below.

Resource details
Title	Circles, frustums and cylinders revision
Topic	[[Topics/Area|Area]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Dialogic teaching|Dialogic teaching]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Active learning|Active learning]]
Learning Objectives	Students will be able to: • Apply mathematics of circles and volumes to real objects. • Assess measuring errors and work with ‘real life’ scale factors. • Use a calculator for complex calculations.
Format / structure	Samba Worksheet (Word)
Subject	[[Resources/Maths|Maths]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/KS4|KS4]]
Useful information	Teachers will need: • Samba drums or equivalent large objects (water containers, buckets, laundry baskets, bins). • Large classroom or outdoor space. • Tape measures, calculators, protractors and jotting paper.
Other (e.g. time frame)	1 x 45-50 minutes lesson
Files and resources to view and download	The key lesson description is viewable as WikiText The lesson worksheet can be viewed as WikiText or downloaded File:Samba worksheet year 11.docx