Surface Area of Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres Doodle Notes
Finding surface area of a cylinder, cone, and sphere: visual interactive "doodle note" set
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:
- using a net of a cylinder to find surface area
- why the formula works / how it is developed (circumference of the cylinder = length of the rectangle)
- reminders about area and circumference
- formula for surface area of a sphere
- visual memory triggers
- identifying slant height, radius, and circumference of a cone, drawing its net
- calculating surface area for a cone using slant height
- concept of adding up the areas of the base and lateral face
- practice & examples
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!
3 pages are included, plus answer keys, samples, and info.
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Reviews from other teachers:
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