Lesson Plan for Microteaching in Partners - S.A. of Cylinders

Bridge: Each student is given a template of the cylinder and is asked to cut it out and build it.

Learning Objective: Students will learn to determine the surface area of a cylinder.

Teaching Objective: Students will build their own cylinders and in doing so, discover what contributes to the total surface area of a cylinder. Students will also learn the formula of a cylinder.

Pre-Test: Ask participants to work in groups of 4 and to find the surface area of the cylinder they have just cut out.

Activity:

Time	Teacher	Participants
2 min	Introduce topic and explain some of the practical applications of the S.A. of a cylinder.	Think about different applications of the surface area of a cylinder.
2 min	Ask participants to figure out the surface area of the cut out cylinder (pre-test)	Work out surface area of a cylinder
3 min	Explain the surface area of a cylinder and work out the formula with the class. Random fact: surface area and volume of a cylinder have been known since deep antiquity.	Listening to teacher.
5 min	Ask participants to work in groups of 4 on the cylinder worksheet.	In groups of 4, students will work on the worksheet.
3 min	Review and go over solutions for the cylinder worksheet.	Ask questions and check answers.

Post-Test: Participants will be able to check their understanding and knowledge when working on the worksheet and then checking it with the solutions provided at the end.

Summary: We will go through the formula of a cylinder again and ask if there are any questions from the group.