Popcorn Picker

This webpage features a 3 act math task by Dan Meyer. During this lesson, Meyer takes a piece of paper and make two different cylinders. Meyers tests which cylinder will hold more popcorn. The lesson includes two videos and a number of questions related to the volume of a cylinder. The following is an example of the questions included: "Can a rectangular piece of paper give you the same amount of popcorn no matter which way you make the cylinder?"