Investigate
Explore various glasses and/or cylindrical objects and compare the circumference of a base from these cylinders to its height using a non-standard measuring tool (i.e.: string, paper strip, etc.).
Record your results.
Are the results what you expected? Were there any surprises?
Record these reflections as well.
Prompt Video
Prompt Image
Prompt to Extend
Consolidation Prompt #1:
About how many times longer is the circumference of the top of the glass than the diameter?
How might this relationship between the circumference and the diameter be helpful when measuring other circular objects?
Consolidation Prompt #1: Reveal Video
Consolidation Prompt #1: Reveal Image
Consolidation Prompt #2:
What might a general rule be for how you could tell whether the height of a glass was longer or shorter than the circumference?
Convince your peers.
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