Building Apartments: Connecting Volume of Centimeter Cubes to the Formula V = B x h

Students will build "apartments" with centimeter cubes by packing boxes (template included).  In addition, they will use centimeter cubes to build a variety of rectangular prisms and record the area of the base (B) and height (h) on a worksheet.  They will use that information to complete the volume formula, V = B x h.  Students will think about how the volume changes as the height and base of rectangular prisms change.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 5
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: volume, centimeter cubes, area of the base, V = B x h
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Assessment,  Formative Assessment
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Mathematics General

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