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Friday, October 9, 2009

fun with volume




Today we filled 3-D Geometric Shapes with unpopped popcorn. We filled the pentagonal pyramid and used that as a measure to fill the other pyramids. Usually the other pyramid ended up being only partially filled, but Josh and I were very surprised when the triangular pyramid overflowed. We has postulated that it would be the next roomiest after the square and circular shapes, but it was the smallest. In the end, the square pyramid held the most, followd by the circular, and the hexagonal was the same as the pentagonal. Samantha just wanted to get her hands on the fun looking objects, so we let her hold the sphere for awhile.

2 comments:

Stacie, A Firefighter's Wife said...

That is so cool!

steBy said...

Look at that toof! Almost in, already!