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Through This Assessment Opportunity…
Students will demonstrate the concepts and skills that they have developed through these contexts and learning experiences related to volume of a rectangular based prism.
Intentionality…
The purpose of this assessment is for students to demonstrate their understanding of the following big ideas.
- Volume and capacity can be measured using non-standard and standard units;
- A rectangular prism has three views. It can be viewed from the top, front and side. Each of these three faces are two dimensional, with a length and a width;
- A rectangular prism has three dimensions, which can be described using three linear measurements; the length, the width and the height;
- The measurements of length, width, and height are used to determine volume;
- Volume can be determined by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the prism;
- Volume is related to the operations of multiplication and addition;
- A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using a quantity of unit cubes is said to have a volume of that same quantity of cubic units.
The independent assessment will allow students to demonstrate concepts and skills related to the following learning goals:
- I will determine the volume of a rectangular prism using both standard and non-standard units.
- I will draw the top, front, and side view of a rectangular prism and label the dimensions.
- I will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the area of the base, the height of the prism and the total volume.
- I will determine an unknown dimension when given two of the three dimensions of a prism and the total volume.
- I will demonstrate the possible dimensions of a prism when given the total volume.
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Show Your Growth: Volume of a Rectangular Prism
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