Circles, frustums and cylinders revision

Lesson idea. This lesson is aimed at year 11 GCSE students in tops sets who have a solid understanding of the definition of prisms, and have already had a go at calculating some volumes and surface areas of prisms. The questions are deliberately challenging and some have a few calculation stages. At the beginning of the lesson each group of students should be assigned a drum. They are then required to complete the set of questions associated with that drum, before starting to work on another drum (Something like circle training). It is a good idea to have a few spare drums for those who are quick to complete their task and are keen to move on.

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]] Property "Teaching approach" (as page type) with input value "And sectors with unconventional angle size such as 187 degrees. Teachers have the opportunity to assess students’ work using questioning. It is also a fantastic opportunity to assess students’ ability to communicate the maths to peers. The pedagogical purposes are to revise all circle material" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category:and sectors with unconventional angle size such as 187 degrees. Teachers have the opportunity to assess students’ work using questioning. It is also a fantastic opportunity to assess students’ ability to communicate the maths to peers. The pedagogical purposes are to revise all circle material]]Property "Teaching approach" (as page type) with input value "As the drums and large objects do take a lot of space. Students need to be able to walk around objects and measure comfortably.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." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category:as the drums and large objects do take a lot of space. Students need to be able to walk around objects and measure comfortably. 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	1 worksheet in Word format
Subject	[[Resources/Maths|Maths]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/KS4|KS4]]
Useful information	Teachers would require: Samba drums or equivalent large objects (water containers, buckets, laundry baskets, bins). Large classroom or outdoor space. Tape measures, calculators, protractors and jotting paper.
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	NA
Other (e.g. time frame)	1 x 45-50 minutes lesson