I really want to try this for a volume lesson this year.
When my students are excited about what they are doing in class, they are engaged. They will listen and best of all, learn. The kids were ecstatic when they saw the Play-doh. They couldn’t wait to get their hands on it! The benefits for learning were amazing. All I had to say was “Remember the Play-doh?” and they knew what to do for any volume problem.
Supplies per student:
- One fun-sized Play-doh
- Ruler
- Plastic knife
- Ruler
Instructions:
Many of my students had heard somewhere along the way that volume equaled length times width times height. So, I started by having them make a rectangular prism out of their Play-Doh.
Once it was made, I had them draw a picture of it in their Geometry Booklets. Then they measured and recorded the length, width, and height of their prism in centimeters. Next, I had them cut their prism into 1 centimeter…
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