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Cross Sections Lesson PlanCross Sections Lesson Plan
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Shodor Education Foundation
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7th - 12th
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Math
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Cross Sections

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Use this activity on cross-sections of three-dimensional shapes in your math class to work on algebra or geometry Common Core standards. The lesson plan includes a list of relevent terminology, and a step-by-step process to illustrate the concepts with styrofoam cones and two-dimensional graphs. It also provides a link to the worksheet necessary to complete the exercise.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

geometric shapes, shapes

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geometric shapes, cross-sections, three dimensional models, math

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Common Core

7.G.A.3 HSG-GMD.B.4 MP5

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