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Surface Area and Volume

DogHouse Project

At this point in the year, grade 8s had just finished their unit on surface area and volume of circles. To end the unit it was decided that students would complete a project called the doghouse. 

This project was borrowed from a friend, Justin Bechtold. https://justinbechthold.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/dog-house-project/ 
The goal of the project was to build a doghouse with the largest volume and surface area using an imaginary 2 sheets of plywood measuring 120 cm x 240 cm. Then build a 1:10 scale model of the doghouse.

After seeing the examples from Justin, my students were motivated to complete their project. 

I was further impressed as some students asked to modify the project by adding a pyramid style roof rather than the initial triangle. This addition meant that students had to add further calculations to their doghouse. 
Here is what they came up with! 

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