This is a picture of the pyramids in Egypt. Using this picture my students will be modeling the surface area of the pyramids and the volume as well. Students can predict the height of the pyramid by measuring the height and base of the pyramids with a ruler. They can then compare that height with the height of the people ridding camels to attain a more real life measurement. After finding the surface area and volume, I would have my students come up with the ratios between all of the different pyramids.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.MG.A.1
Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder).

 

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.GMD.A.3
Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.