I Think I Can

Students will be designing, creating, and building their own "soda can" out of paper. Students will need to understand that a cylinder is made up of a rectangle and two equivalent circles. They will have to draw, measure, and label the rectangle using a ruler, and they will also have to draw two equivalent circles (using a ruler and a compass) that have the same circumference as the length of the rectangle. The students will have to find the areas (and corresponding square units) of the circles and the rectangle, ultimately finding the surface area of the can. They will also have to find the volume (and corresponding cubic units) of the can. Students will be using the formulas for surface area and volume of cylinders in order to find size and capacity of their can. Students will then need to try to "sell" their new brand of soda by listing the ingredients, nutritional value, name, volume, etc. on the actual can.

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