Project GRAD Houston
3000 Richmond, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77098
832-325-0325 (main)

Space Abounds

Grade Level: 8

Content area(s): Math, Visual Arts

Classroom Time: Two 60 minute sessions

Purpose: Identify solids and their lateral area, surface area, volume, and slant height and review the Pythagorean Theorem and the use of different solids in sculpture architecture.

Skills Addressed:
Math skill: Review the Pythagorean Theorem, identify different solids and find their lateral area, surface area, slant height and volume.
Visual Arts Skill: choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas, making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Supplies:
Protractor, Pencil, handout, blank paper or cardstock, markers and/or map pencils, cardboard, glue, containers, different containers of various shapes, connecting cubes, graph paper/large graph paper, 1” graph paper copied onto cardstock ( http://www.math.kent.edu/~white/graphpaper/one.pdf), metric and customary measuring tool, scissors, and calculator if desired

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Scholarship Office Contact Information

Project GRAD Houston Scholarship Program
3000 Richmond, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77098
If you have questions, please call the Project GRAD Houston Scholarship Department at 832.325.0344
Email: scholarship@projectgradhouston.org

The mission of Project GRAD is to ensure a quality public education for all students in economically disadvantaged communities so that high school and college graduation rates increase.