Who would not like to have a swim in this pool? This is the biggest pool in the world with 1,013 meters in length and a total area of 19.77 acres and it is located in a resort in Algarrobo, Chile. Can you imagine how much water does this pool holds? How will you find out?
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
Using pictures to explain and illustrate concepts help students connect those concepts from the classroom to the real world and develop higher thinking skills. In the case of this pool, volume and surface area are some of the concepts that students can learn. By showing students an “useful and fun” use of this concepts, students will develop a different thought process and connect their thinking into answering the question, how much water does this pool holds?
By challenging students to think how to answer this question, given that the pool is an irregular shape, before the concepts are introduced will help the students to start developing a thought process that go beyond the use of formulas to find the surface area/volume of prisms .
This is an excellent way to present a real world problem. For this same problem, we can also work on answering questions like, How long will it take to fill the entire pool. Or allowing students to explore how much water can go into this pool without it overflowing? This type of problem allows for all kinds of a question for students to explore approaching different questions along the same concept.