Volume Tournament: Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres Game

Overview

Volume Tournament: Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres Game is a designed teaching resource to enrich the educational environment. It is a way to immerse 8th grade students in math and geometry content aligning with CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.C.9 Standard.

Engaging and Fun Learning Experience

The game packages an essential part of 8th-grade geometry curriculum into a fun format stimulating active learning. It includes eight images of 3D figures like cylinders, cones and spheres for better visualization.

Tournament Style Competition

The competitive flavor due to tournament style layout adds an element of team spirit along with learning.

• A step-by-step guide on altering the dimensions is provided fostering self-reliance.
• A well-organized Student Work Space aids stepwise problem-solving facilitating critical thinking as well as better volume calculation understanding of shapes.
• An optional answer key which can boost confidence when they find solutions independently along with reinforcing positive practices such as careful verification during homework assignments.

User Friendliness on Multiple Devices

A readily downloadable PDF format ensures easy access across various devices making it user-friendly too providing uninterrupted education often needed during transitions between online schooling or homeschooling versus traditional classrooms scenarios these days.

It contains the following resources:

1) 8 Different 3D Figures (Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres)

2) Tournament Brackets (with directions on how to modify dimensions with each new round)

3) Student Work Space

4) Optional Answer Key if placing cards in numerical order in tournament bracket