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Geometry Unit 10: Surface Area and Volume
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Geometry Unit 10: Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Geometry Unit 10 contains six resources that cover surface area and volume. Scholars first watch a video explaining the basic terminology of three-dimensional figures, such as prisms, lateral edges, bases, and faces. They then learn how...
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Flipped Math: Geometry
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Flipped Math: Geometry

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine taking a complete geometry course remotely! Eleven units make up the My Geometry course. Each unit follows the Flipped-Mastery cycle of learning, divided into two semesters. Pupils watch and take notes on a video that details the...
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Teach Surface Area and Volume in the Most Engaging Way! Lesson Planet Article
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Teach Surface Area and Volume in the Most Engaging Way!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Build a Zarcon-proof home as a math activity that will provide tremendous advantages for engagement, for differentiation, and for mastery of concepts. This activity focuses specifically on surface area and volume using mathematical...
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Surface Area of Cones Instructional Video
Krista King Math

Surface Area of Cones

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Formulas are an essential part of mathematics, so help your class master them. The concept video exposes learners to the elements of the surface area formula for cones. The examples demonstrate the process of using measurements within...
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Cone? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Cone?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
The lateral surface area of a cone. Hmmm, what does that mean? Oh, it means the part you see if the cone was sitting on a flat surface, so it does not include the base. But if you want to include the base then it would be finding the...
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Cone if You Don't Know the Slant Height? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find the Lateral and Surface Areas of a Cone if You Don't Know the Slant Height?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Did you know you can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the slant height of a cone? You can! Just watch this tutorial and see how you can find the lateral and surface area of a given cone using slant height and the Pythagorean theorem.
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Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Lateral area and surface area are simple concepts, but calculating them is not as easy! Using formulas, learners calculate lateral area and surface area for the same three-dimensional figures. The resource discusses the formula variables...
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Surface Area of Cone Instructional Video
Corbett Maths

Surface Area of Cone

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Viewers of a short video discover how to determine the surface area of a cone. They use a given formula for the surface area to accomplish this task.
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Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones Instructional Video
Flipped Math

Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones

For Students 9th - 12th
Scratch more than just the surface when investigating surface area. The second video of six installments in the Geometry - Surface Area and Volume unit focuses on the surface area of pyramids and cones. Young mathematicians learn to...
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Surface Area of Cone Worksheet
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Surface Area of Cone

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders calculate the surface area of a cone given the radius and height. There are 8 questions with an answer key.
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Concept Attainment Model: Volume and Surface Area Lesson Plan
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Concept Attainment Model: Volume and Surface Area

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Using a concept attainment approach, learners identify surface area and volume by sorting examples (photos) that depict each concept (positive)  from those that don't (negative). Then as a class, they develop definitions of each...
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Exploring 3-D Geometry Unit Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Exploring 3-D Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on...
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Cones and Spheres Worksheet
CPM

Cones and Spheres

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Geometry whizzes solve and complete 24 different problems that include determining the volume and surface area of spheres and cones. First, they use the given information to determine the volume of a cone. Then, pupils use the given...
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Cones: Lesson Instructional Video
CK-12 Foundation

Cones: Lesson

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Just how much ice cream will the cone hold? The video provides the formulas to find the surface area and the volume of cones. Using example problems, the section of a geometry playlist shows how to use the formulas to find the surface...
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Online Math Learning: Surface Area of Spheres Interactive
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Online Math Learning: Surface Area of Spheres

For Students 9th - 12th
In this surface area of spheres worksheet, students solve 4 short answer problems. Students find the surface area of spheres, hemispheres, and cones given a radius or a radius and height.
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Surface Area and Volume Unit Plan
Radford University

Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Who knew there were pyramids in China? Learners apply surface area and volume formulas to several different real-world situations. They calculate the volume and surface area of an aquarium, an ice cream cone, and Egyptian and Chinese...
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Unit 10 Review: Surface Area and Volume Instructional Video
Flipped Math

Unit 10 Review: Surface Area and Volume

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Marvel at the volume of knowledge one has gained on surface area and volume. Scholars first watch a video that reviews the surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and spheres. They then complete a worksheet of...
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Pyramids and Cones Lesson Plan
Cord Online

Pyramids and Cones

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Young mathematicians find the surface area and volume of a square pyramid and a cone. In what looks like a typical activity out of a textbook, you'll find an activity where learners find an unknown measurement of a pyramid or...
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Volume and Surface Area of Polyhedrea Worksheet
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Volume and Surface Area of Polyhedrea

For Students 8th - 11th
In this volume and surface area learning exercise, students use given formulas to determine the volume and area of polyhedrea. This four-page learning exercise contains examples, explanations and 32 problems. Answers are provided on...
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Surface Area of Solids Worksheet
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Surface Area of Solids

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders calculate the surface area of solids given the sides or radius. There are 20 questions with an answer key.
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Surface Area of Prisms Lesson Plan
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Surface Area of Prisms

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students compute surface area and volume of prisms. In this surface area lesson, students find the surface area and volume of rectangular and triangular prisms. Independently, students use their computers to determine the volume,...
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Surface Area of Cones Lesson Plan
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Surface Area of Cones

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find the surface area of cones. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the dimensions of each three-dimensional shape and use the correct formula to solve the problem. They relate concepts of cones to the real world.
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Ice Cream Cone Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Ice Cream Cone

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Every pupil with a sweet tooth will be clamoring for this lab and analysis, particularly when they're allowed to eat the results! Volume and surface area formulas for cones are developed from models, and then extended to the printing of...
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Area, Surface Area and Volume of 3-D Shapes Lesson Plan
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Area, Surface Area and Volume of 3-D Shapes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Math whizzes examine the relationship between area and volume and the relationship between a 3-D shape and its surface area. Following discussion and practice, pupils participate in a project in which they design packaging for a new...
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