MINISTRYOFPRIMARYANDSECONDARYEDUCATION

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TEACHERS’CALAGUIDE
COMPONENTE

LEARNINGAREA: MATHEMATICSCALAE
LEVEL: FORM4
CALATYPE: PRACTICALACTIVITIES
PENANDPAPER
TOPIC: MENSURATIONOFSOLIDSHAPES
SUB-TOPIC VOLUME
TITLEMAKINGABOXWITHAVOLUMEOF180CM^3.
COMPETENCESANDSKILLS
 Problemsolving
 Measuringskills
 Designingskills
 Calculationskills
BACKGROUND
Foryearstheschoolauthorities,learnersandteachershavebeenfacingchallengesonstoragecontainers.Theschoo
lneedtoimproviseonstoragecontainersthatcanbeusedtostorebooksandvariousimportantdocuments.

Youarethereforerequiredtomakeamodelboxthatcanbemadewithlocallyavailableresourcestosolvethisproble
m.

LEARNERS’CALAGUIDE
LEARNINGAREA: MATHEMATICSCALAE
LEVEL: FORM4
TITLE:MAKINGAMODELBOX
CALATYPE: MAKINGAMODEL

NAME:……………………………………………………………………
CANDIDATENUMBER:…………………………………………………….
SCHOOL:…………………………………………………………………....
DATE:

BACKGROUND/CALACONTENT
Foryearstheschoolauthorities,learnersandteachershavebeenfacingchallengesonstoragecontainers.Theschoo
lneedtoimproviseonstoragecontainersthatcanbeusedtostorebooksandvariousimportantdocuments.

Youarethereforerequiredtomakeamodelboxthatcanbemadewithlocallyavailableresourcestosolvethisproble
m.

CALADESCRIPTION
 Choosedimensionthatyouaregoingtousetomaketheboxwithvolumeof180cubiccentimeters.
 Drawtheplanoftheboxindicatingthedimensionsonthediagram.
 Verifythevolumeoftheboxbycalculation.
 Choosethematerialyouaregoingtouse.
 Cutthematerialintorequiredpiecesyouneed.
 Gluetheboardstogetherleavingitwithoutalidononesurface.
 Indicatelengthofsidesonthebox,length,heightandwidth.
 Stickawhitepaperonitandwriteyournameandcandidatenumberonit.

CALATIPS
 Remembertousecorrecttoolsandformulae
THECALA
Youaretocarryouttheactivitiesintwoparts,i.ePartAandPartB.
PARTA
 Choosethedimensionthatyouaretousetomaketheboxwithvolumeof180cubiccentimeters.
 Drawtheplanoftheboxindicatingthedimensionsonthediagram.
 Verifythevolumeoftheboxbycalculation.
 Choosematerialthatyouaregoingtouse.
PARTB
 Cutthematerialintorequiredpiecesyouneed.
 Gluetheboardstogetherleavingitwithoutalidononesurface.
 Indicatelengthofsidesonthebox,length,widthandheight.
 Stickawhitepaperonitandwriteyournameandcandidateonit.
HOWYOUWILLASSESSED.
Youaretobeassessedbasedonyourabilitytoperformthefollowingactivities:

 Choosingcorrectdimensions.[5]
 Boxconstruction.Accuracyofmeasurementsonthebox.[16]
 Boxpresentation,consistencyonmeasurementsonallsurfaces.[4]

CALATIP
 Remembertousecorrecttoolsandformulae.

ACHIEVEMENTSTANDARDS
LEARNINGAREA: MATHEMATICSCALAE
LEVEL: FORM4
TOPIC: MAKINGAMODELBOX
TOTALMARKS:25marks

Dimensions/Criteria Excellent Mark Good Marks FIair Unsatisfactory

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5 5 4 3 0-2
Choosingcorrectdimen 2dimensionscor Totalvolumecl Totalvolumehas
sions rectwithoneslig oseto180+- errormarginofm
htlyoffvolume+ 2cm^3 orethan4cm^3
-1cm^3
16 13-16 10-12 8-9 0-7
Correctdimensionsand Dimensionsarec 1dimensionofth 2dimensionsof Allthreedimensi
correctlyconstructedbo orrectandboxisc eboxincorrectly theboxwrongl onswronglymea
x orrectlyconstruct measuredvolum ymeasuredaffe suredvolumeaff
 edvolumeexactly eaffectedby+- ctingvolumeb ectedbymoretha
180cubiccentime 1cm^3 ynotmorethan n4cm^3
tres. 2cm^3
4 4 3 2 0-1
Boxpresentationconsist Boxwithstraight Edgesnotstraigh Edgesnotstraig Edgesnotstraigh
encyonmeasurementon edgesandopposit tbutoppositesid htandpairsofsi tandallopposite
allsurfaces esidesclearandeq esstillequal desnotequal sidesnotequal.
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