Lesson: Surface Areas of Spheres Mathematics • Second Year of Preparatory School

Students will be able to

• recall the formula for the surface area of a sphere,
• use the formula for the surface area of a sphere to calculate its surface area given its radius or diameter (or vice versa),
• understand the relationship between the great circle and a sphere,
• understand how to calculate the surface area of a sphere given information about its great circle,
• calculate the surface area of a hemisphere or any other fraction of a sphere,
• solve real-world problems involving the surface area of a sphere.