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Piece it Together ActivityPiece it Together Activity
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Noyce Foundation
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K - 12th
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Piece it Together

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Score some problems all related to soccer balls. The first few problems focus on pattern blocks to see relationships between figures. More advanced problems focus on actual soccer balls, the patterns on the balls, and their volumes and surface areas.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

2-d shapes, 3-d figures, polygons, polyhedra, spatial reasoning, solids, spheres

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Challenge pupils to go as far as possible into the tasks on their own

Classroom Considerations

  • Level A expects pattern blocks of specific colors
  • Learners at Levels C, D, and E need to have knowledge of formulas associated with spheres

Pros

  • Includes handouts for each task
  • Appropriate for all grade levels

Cons

  • Answer key is missing

Common Core

K.G.A.2 K.G.B.6 1.MD.A.2 1.G.A.1 1.G.A.2 2.G.A.1 3.MD.C.5.a 3.MD.C.6 3.G.A.1 4.MD.C.5.a 4.MD.C.6 7.G.A.3 7.G.B.4 7.G.B.5 7.G.B.6 7.SP.C.8.a HSG-GMD.B.4 HSG-MG.A.1 HSG-MG.A.3 MP1 MP3 MP5 MP7

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