Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Bianca Chang's Paper Craft
It would take quite a bit of prep time, but an activity where students calculate missing volume of a square pyramid given say sheet number 30 and 180 out of 200 sheets could also be interesting. Students can create the models and do the calculations and then fill the void/missing volume with some fine sand or salt and measure the volume. It would also be a great time to discuss Cavalieri's Principle.
You can see some more elaborate works at Bianca's site, though I'd stick to simpler models in the classroom at first.