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The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Surface Area and Excel
The 8th grade Geometry students used Excel to compare the surface areas and volumes of different geometric shapes. They created formulas so that they could find the dimensions of the container with the minimum surface area possible that still maintained the target volume. This lesson took one class period to finish.
