Package design is an economic necessity. Young scholars assume the role in an interesting inquiry-based lesson. Given 24 cubic shaped candies to package, they must determine the arrangement that uses the least amount of cardboard to package.

Concepts

volume, product design, surface area, volume of prisms, surface area of prisms

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate as a performance task assessment over volume and surface area of prisms
• Create a handout for pupils to record their calculations and predictions

Classroom Considerations

• Expects proficiency with calculating surface area and volume of cubes

Pros

• Includes a key with completed volume and surface area calculations
• Provides ideas to continue the lesson with more advanced pupils

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.G.A.4 MP4 MP7