Lesson Plan: Similarity of Solids Mathematics • 8th Grade
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to identify similar solids and use similarity to find their dimensions, areas, and volumes.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- recognize when two solids are similar,
- calculate dimensions, areas, and volumes given two similar solids.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- similarity of 2D shapes,
- finding the volume of solids:
- cubes,
- prisms,
- cylinders,
- pyramids,
- cones,
- spheres,
- the relationships between lengths, areas, and volumes.
