Exploring Cavalieri's Principle

Students will explore Cavalieri's Principle using technology. Students will calculate the volume of oblique solids and determine if Cavalieri's Principle applies.

Students will also perform transformations of a base figure in a 3-dimensional coordinate system to observe the creation of right and oblique solid figures. After these observations, students will create a conjecture about calculating the volume of the oblique solids. Students will use the conjecture to determine situations in which Cavalieri's Principle applies and then calculate the volume of various oblique solids.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Interactive Whiteboard, Microsoft Office, GeoGebra Free Software (Download the Free GeoGebra Software)
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)
Keywords: geometry, volume, Cavalieri’s Principle, prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone, Geogebra, GeoGebra
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Geometry

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