UNDERSTANDING SURFACE AREA: A HANDS-ON APPROACH Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshop Fall 2014
“There comes a time in a person's life when they realize something is missing...and often times, they come to realize that it is because they do not know how to calculate the surface area of a sphere!”- Victus_Maestro
Area of Circle
Area of Circle = Area of rectangle = Base x height
Height Area of Circle = Area of rectangle = base x heightradius Base = one-half circumference Area of Circle= Area of rectangle
Surface Area Rectangular Solid Cylinder Cone Pyramid Surface area: total area of the surface of a 3D object, measured in square units.
Surface Area of Sphere
1.Get into groups of 2 or 3 people. Each group will need to get an orange and a plate. Follow instructions on the orange paper.