Visualizing the Volume of a Sphere Formula | Deriving the Algebraic Formula With Animations

In a previous 3 Act Math Task, students watch a short video that shows a cone pouring water twice into a sphere with the same radius/height to fill it to the top. Because it takes two cones to fill one sphere, we can use the volume of a cone formula as a starting point to derive the volume of a sphere. We do this visually using animations in Apple Keynote to make connections between concrete and algebraic representations.
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