Learning Circus Finding Volume

1. Learning CircusFinding Volume Community Middle and High School Bedford County, TN Science/Math Kalan Anderson Kevin Hinson Joann Thomes

2. Developer Page Developer Materials • Background • Applications • Implementation • Overview • Resources & Credits Student Materials • Day 1 • Introduction • Discovery Guide • Day 2 • Introduction • Discovery Guide

3. Learning Circus Background A Learning Circus creates a context for collaborative student inquiry. Stations are set up around the classroom containing student activities; all illustrate key concepts associated with a single broad unifying theme. What makes a circus approach interesting and effective is that it provides motivational learning context in which students are actively engaged in exploring, discussing, and synthesizing information. At each station in the Circus, students receive instructions and guided reflection questions. In this volume learning circus, students will rotate to different stations and perform various volume tasks. On day one, students will explore the volume of regular objects. On day two, they will explore the volume of irregular objects. Developer Page

4. Learning Circus Content Area Applications While originally used for teaching science, a Learning Circus is appropriate for any discipline in which the goal is to create an active, discovery oriented, and student-centered learning environment. Learning Circus activities can be minds-on as well as hands-on. For example, students could go to a listening station or a location where pictures are to be arranged into a timeline. The most important thing is for teachers to design a dynamic context for collaborative student inquiry. Developer Page

5. Volume Learning CircusImplementation Materials needed Day 1 – metric ruler, 100 ml grad. cylinder, water, a regular shaped object (i.e. a die) Day 2 – metric ruler, 100 ml grad. cylinder, small grad. cylinder, water, irregular shaped objects (i.e. a rock), 5 cc. syringe, 1 cm3 Developer Page

6. Overview – Day 1 STANDARDS • Tennessee • Geometry(CLE.3108.4.6) • Generate formulas for perimeter, area, and volume, including their use, dimensional analysis, and applications. ASSESSMENT Students will assessed on their responses to the questions provided at each lab station. Overview – Day 2 Developer Page

7. Overview – Day 2 STANDARDS • Tennessee • Physical Science(CLE 3202.1.1 ) • Explore matter in terms of its physical and chemical properties. ASSESSMENT Students will assessed on their responses to the questions provided at each lab station. Developer Page

8. Resources & Credits LEARNING CIRCUS REFERENCES • Exploratorium • Seton Hall University • Shell Questacon CREDITS • Explanation of Volume and Displacement • Graduated Cylinder Practice • Volume Formulas • Men In Black Demonstration of Volume & Displacement Developer Page

9. Student Materials • Introduction • Discovery Guide

10. Finding Volume – Day 1 • The goal for today is for you to find volume of a regular object by measuring and then by displacement. • You will be assessed based on your answers to the questions provided at each station. • You will move in your group to each of the numbered stations in the volume learning circus . • By the end of class, you should have visited each station. Station 1

11. Station # 1 Discovery Guide Measuring Volume of a Regular Object Using a metric ruler, measure the width, height, and length of your object. Using those dimensions and the volume formula, find volume. • Record the following dimensions about your object: width heightlength • What is the volume of your object? Station 2

12. Station # 2 Discovery Guide Measuring Volume of a Regular Objectby Displacement Using meniscus guidelines, fill a graduated cylinder with 50 ml of water. Place your object into the cylinder. Subtract the initial volume from the final volume. • What is the new level of the water in the graduated cylinder? • What is the volume of your object? • Is it the same as the volume you found atStation 1? Developer Page

13. Finding Volume – Day 2 • The goal for today is for you to find volume of an irregular object by displacement. • You will be assessed based on your answers to the questions provided at each station. • You will move in your group to each of the numbered stations in the volume learning circus . • By the end of class, you should have visited each station. Station 1

14. Station # 1 Discovery Guide Measuring Volume of an Irregular Object by Displacement Using meniscus guidelines, fill a graduated cylinder with 50 ml of water. Place your object into the cylinder. Subtract the initial volume from the final volume. • What is the new level of the water in the graduated cylinder? • What is the volume of your object? Station 2

15. Station # 2 Discovery Guide Measuring Volume of an Irregular Object by Displacement Fill a 100 ml beaker with 50 ml of water. Place your object into the beaker. Subtract the initial volume from the final volume. • What is the new level of the water in thebeaker? • What is the volume of your object? • Is it the same as the volume you found atStation 1? Station 3

16. Station # 3 Discovery Guide Comparison of Metric Units of Volume Compare the water in the syringe with the water in the graduated cylinder. Compare these two with the solid object. • Record the volume of each of the following: syringe graduated cylinder solid object • What comparison(s) can you make? Developer Page