Micro Teach Lesson Plan

Tiffanie Sorrentino and Rikki Olson

February 8, 2016
Find the Volume of a Cone: Mathematics/ Grade 8
Objective: Students will analyze formulas for the volumes of a cone by classifying the
components of the formula.
Common Core Standard: 8.G.C.9.
Geometry 8.G
Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real
world and mathematical problems.
Set
Please answer the following questions. You may use your notes as a reference.
1. What is a radius?
2. Please label the radius on the circle.

3. What is the formula for the area of a circle?

Go over answers with the entire class using Ask-Pause-Call randomly.
Today we are going to take our understanding of a radius and learn the other components
of the formula for the volume of a cone.

Next, we will show the 3D model of a cone and we will explain the part of the volume for
a cone equation that comes from a circle.

Information
Height

Radius
Height

Radius

The diagram above will be used to introduce the formula and the components of the formula.
Have the students pull out a piece of paper and draw the diagrams, label the diagrams, and write
the formula chart.
Area of a Circle Formula
A=r2

Volume of a Cone Formula

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V= 3 r2h

Popsicle sticks will be used to review the parts and to identify the formulas.
Turn To Your Neighbor
The students will be seated in pairs after the lesson. The students will be grouped by their current
seating assignment, paired with their elbow partners. The teacher will ask a question regarding
the equations of a circle and cone as well as have students label the radius and height in
diagrams. The students will work together to solve the problem and they can use their notes if
they wish. They will be given 30 seconds to decide upon the answer and write it down on a
whiteboard. When I say three after one, two, three, they are expected to sit quietly and raise
their whiteboards. Check for understanding of the procedure to be followed before giving the
students permission to begin.

Check for understanding of activity:

Who are you working with?
How much time per question do you have?
Where do you write the answer when you are finished?
What is the signal that time is up?
Questions for activity:
1) (draw a horizontal cone) and ask the students to copy the diagram and label the radius
2) Have the students draw a vertical cone and label the height.
3) What is the formula for the area of a circle?
4) What is the formula for the volume of a cone?

Closure
With your elbow partner, please list the 4 components to the equation of a volume of a cone.
Write this on a notecard to turn in as your ticket out the door. Each person must turn in their
notecard!
Materials

Notes from previous lesson

White boards and markers (teacher and student)
Paper
Pencil
Notecards
3D model
Popsicle sticks

Assessment
1. What is the formula for the volume of a cone?
2. What part of the volume of a cone equation comes from the formula for the area of
circle?
3. Define the term height.
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4.
4 is the fraction included in the formula for the volume of a cone. (True or False. If
false, please correct the statement).
5. . is included in the formula for a cone. (True or False. If false, please correct the
statement).
6. Please label the height in the diagram.

7. Please label the radius from the diagram in problem 6.

8. Define the term radius.