Introduction
In the following webquests, students will find solutions to real world problems, wrapping 3-dimentional figures for the holiday season.
At the end of this web quest, they will be able to solve for surface areas of cubes, rectangular prisms, pyramids, cones, and cylinders.
Task
During the holiday season, most people give gifts wrapped in wraping paper. In this webuest, you are to help john wrap gifts for his family and friends. Students have to find the surface area of the general shape of an object john requested help on wraping. You will be able to identify and solve for objects of different shapes. You'll be given a formula sheet for solving surface area. you must choose ONE partner to work with. Have fun!
Process
First: you will be given 2 class days to work on this
- Everything for this webquest shall be done in loose leaf paper in a neat format.
- All work must be shown (no work, no credit!)
- write the person's name whom John is gifting to and the correctly identified shape's name next to it before solving.
- Note: It may help if you draw the shape first.
- for part 1, work alone. for part two, switch papers with your partner.
Identifying shapes and their surface area formula
Part 1!
wrapping Jane's present
Wrapping john's wife's present
Wrapping uncle steve's present
Wrapping John's neighbor's present
Wrapping granny Jones' present
Wrapping little Sammy's present
Wrapping Marie's present
Now, for the last two, put your knowledge to use and figure it out!! (hint: keep in mind that where the shapes touch each other is not surface area.)
Wrapping Danielle's present
Wrapping Flippy's present... (house :)....)
Part 2!
Once you are finished, switch papers with your partner and put your name on the bottom of the switched paper.
Check your partner's paper for any errors and on a seperate sheet of paper, explain what they did wrong and solve that problem in the correct way.
Evaluation
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Neatness and Organization | The work is presented in a neat, clear, organized fashion that is easy to read. | The work is presented in a neat and organized fashion that is usually easy to read. | The work is presented in an organized fashion but may be hard to read at times. | The work appears sloppy and unorganized. It is hard to know what information goes together. |
| Mathematical Errors | 90-100% of the steps and solutions have no mathematical errors. | Almost all (85-89%) of the steps and solutions have no mathematical errors. | Most (75-84%) of the steps and solutions have no mathematical errors. | More than 75% of the steps and solutions have mathematical errors. |
| Checking | The work has been checked by two classmates and all appropriate corrections made. | The work has been checked by one classmate and all appropriate corrections made. | Work has been checked by one classmate but some corrections were not made. | Work was not checked by classmate OR no corrections were made based on feedback. |
| Mathematical Concepts | Explanation shows complete understanding of the mathematical concepts used to solve the problem(s). | Explanation shows substantial understanding of the mathematical concepts used to solve the problem(s). | Explanation shows some understanding of the mathematical concepts needed to solve the problem(s). | Explanation shows very limited understanding of the underlying concepts needed to solve the problem(s) OR is not written. |
Conclusion
This assignment was created to help with real life situations such as calculating how much chocolate will be needed to cover a twix bar for a twix making company so the company doesn't waste chocolate or not have enough. Also for the freaks out there who would like to calculate wrapping paper.
Credits
Hello :) I am a loner who has nothing to do but provide this handy dandy web quest for the teachers out there who'd like to torture their kids. I have a dog who hates me, and a super fun teacher whom had inspired me to do so.
I wrote this web quest for all the good parents *eehhhhmmmm* excuse me... Santa and his elves... to never struggle with wrapping presents ever again :D
Teacher Page
This webquest is ment for 9-10th graders in geometry