Grade level: 4th -5th grades
Skills: Identify shapes / Volume
Related environmental issues: Energy
Jacob’s family just installed solar panels at home to generate electricity from solar energy. The figure below shows one of the solar panels they have.
- Name the shape of the solar panel.
- Write down the number of vertices, sides, and faces of the solar panel.
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Find the volume of the solar panel.
Answer keys
Factful Environmental Math Problems (2020)
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About this book
The objective of Factful Environmental Math Problems is to cultivate our young people’s skills to analyze and evaluate fact-based data for understanding our world, while improving their math skills and critical thinking skills.
With the rise of the Internet and new technology, building skills to analyze and evaluate fact-based data becomes increasingly important for our young people to prepare for this rapidly changing world. These skills minimize their chances of being brainwashed by false information and making uninformed decisions and ultimately help develop their critical thinking skills. (Read more)
Published: March 26, 2020
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