Math 8

Surface Area & Volume

Chapter 5 & 7

Ms. Kyla Rae

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A. DESCRIPTION:

Chapter 5 - Surface Area Chapter 7 - Volume

Front Matter of Textbook

A skyline is a view of the outline of buildings or mountains
shown on the horizon. You can see skylines during the day
or at night, all over the world. Many cities have beautiful
skylines. City planners have to consider much more than
just how the skyline will look when they design a city.
object takes up.
You live in a three-dimensional world. Ideas such as length,
width, and area are not enough for you to understand some
objects. To make sense of size in a three-dimensional world,
you need the concept of volume, or how much space an

In this chapter, you will learn how to draw and build three-
dimensional objects and how to calculate their surface
areas.
Volume is used when you pour yourself a glass of milk.
Volume is used in waste management to track how much
recycling reduces waste. Volume is used in engineering and
construction to determine the amount of concrete required
for a project.

What You Will Learn

- to label and draw views of 3-D objects

- to calculate the volume of a cube

-  to draw and build nets for 3-D objects

- to calculate the volume of a right prism

-  to calculate the surface area for prisms and cylinders

- to calculate the volume of a right cylinder
-  to solve problems using surface area

Program of Studies

Shape and Space O2: Draw and construct nets for 3-D Shape and Space O4: Develop and apply formulas for
objects.
determining the volume of right rectangular prisms, right
Shape and Space O5. Draw and interpret top, front and side triangular prisms and right cylinders. 

views of 3-D objects composed of right rectangular prisms.

Shape and Space O3: Determine the surface area of right

rectangular prisms, right triangular prisms and right
cylinders to solve problems.
B. UNIT SCHEDULE:
Interactive Notebook Lesson: Surface Area of Shapes
Lesson 5.1: Views of 3-D Objects from textbook
Assignment 5.1: Views of 3-D Objects
Lesson 5.2: Nets of 3-D Objects from textbook
Assignment 5.2: Nets of 3-D Objects
Lesson 5.3: Surface Area of a Prism from textbook
Assignment 5.3: Surface Area of a Prism
Lesson 5.4: Surface Area of a Cylinder from textbook
Assignment 5.4: Surface Area of a Cylinder
Unit 5 Review
Unit 5 Exam
Interactive Notebook Lesson: Volume Review
Lesson 7.1: Understanding Volume from textbook
Assignment 7.1: Understanding Volume
Lesson 7.2: Volume of a Prism from textbook
Assignment 7.2: Volume of a Prism
Lesson 7.3: Volume of a Cylinder from textbook
Assignment 7.3: Volume of a Cylinder
Lesson 7.4: Problem Solving with Prisms and Cylinders from textbook
Assignment 7.4: Problem Solving with Prisms and Cylinders
Activity: Surface Area and Volume Mansions
Unit 7 Review
Unit 7 Exam

C. TEXTBOOK AND REQUIRED SUPPLIES:

- MathLinks 8 Textbook
- MathLinks 8 Assignment (regular, modi ed and review)
- Interactive Notebook
- Pencil
- Calculator

D. GRADING PLAN
Assignments 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
- Graded and returned.
- Marked by circling wrong questions.
- Feedback as to what is wrong so students have ability to learn from mistake and correct.
- Students have the chance to do corrections to get full marks back.
Activity: Mansion Model
- Checklist and correct math calculations, including measurement units and full work.
Exams
- Graded and returned
- Marked by circling wrong questions.
- Feedback as to what is wrong on work problems so students have ability to learn from mistake and
correct.
- Students have the chance to do corrections to get half marks back.
- Students must keep all original work and answers and use a different colour of pen to do any
corrections.
- Students must explain what they did wrong for every incorrect question
- Students must show all work and clearly explain what the correct answer is
- If I am satis ed that the student understands their mistake and understands how to nd the correct
answer, I will award a half mark return.
- This allows students to correct their mistakes, but also still acknowledges that they should have
studied prior to writing.
- Also allows for students to make silly mistakes to still earn portions of their mistake back.
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