Finding Surface Area Doodle Notes

Drawing nets & calculating surface area for pyramids and prisms: visual interactive "doodle note"

When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:

- new learning

- relaxation (less math anxiety)

- visual connections

- better memory & retention of the content!

Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Graphic doodle and sketch notes take full advantage of Dual Coding Theory (the way brains process visual and linguistic information) to maximize retention.

Content includes:

- concept of surface area

- drawing a net composed of quadrilaterals & triangles

- finding surface area by adding areas of each face

- using square units

- pyramid & prism examples

- visual memory triggers

Check out the preview images for more detail about this item and the research behind it.

Visual note taking strategies like sketch notes or doodle notes are based on dual coding theory.  When we can blend the text input with graphic/visual input, the student brain processes the information differently and can more easily convert the new learning into long-term memory.

This strategy also integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain to increase focus, learning, and retention!

1 page is included, plus an answer key, sample, and info.

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Reviews from other teachers:

-I used this for summer school support. I thought it was such an engaging way to get students to think about complex concepts.

-My daughter struggles with math and is a very visual learner. These notes help her organize and see things a bit clearer. Thanks!

-My class loves doodle notes. Very easy to fill out and follow. They are great for when we need to reference back to them.

-I am using this as notetaking/interactive notebook pages to supplement online lessons. It is great for the artistic side of students especially visual learners!

-A wonderful resource for small group, review, remediation, and group collaboration!