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Calculator.net: Surface Area Calculator
Use these calculator tools to find the surface area, in your choice of units, of a sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, capsule, ball cap, conical frustum, ellipsoid, or square pyramid. Includes a reference section listing...
The Math League
The Math League: Surface Area
This tutorial explains the concept of surface area, and then goes through multiple shapes offering the specific surface area formula for each one.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Surface Area to Volume Ratio
Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Surface Area
A good site explaining surface area. Scroll down the page for quick references to surface area formulas for fundamental geometric objects. The site has links to related topics.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone
This video tutorial demonstrates how to find the formula for the surface area of a cone.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Estimating Measurements and Using Formulas: Surface Area
Given application problems involving lateral or total surface area the student will estimate measurements and solve the problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area of Cylinders
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a formula and given information to find the surface area of different cylinders.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area of Triangular Prisms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use formulas to find the surface area of triangular prisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Cones
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a formula and given information to find the surface area of cones and truncated cones.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the surface area of pyramids by using formulas
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a formula and given information to find the surface area of pyramids.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Nets and Surface Area
A conceptual understanding of finding surface area using nets instead of a formula.
Other
Calculating the Surface Area of a Cone
This site explains a method for finding the surface area of a cone. It has several plane geometry formulas.
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Surface Area of Prisms
Students will extend their knowledge of surface area and nets of rectangular prisms to generalize a formula for the surface area of any prism.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the surface area of rectangular prisms by using formulas
Math2
Math2.org: Areas, Volumes, Surface Areas
This site gives formulas for the area, volume, and surface area of various shapes.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Area (Elementary)
In this lesson students will practice finding the area rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Comprehensive Printable List of Geometry Formulas
Provides a list of area and perimeter formulas for two-dimensional shapes and volume and surface area formulas for three-dimensional solids.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone.: Lesson 4
This lesson explains how to write a formula for the surface area of a cone. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone.."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone: Lesson 6
This lesson explains how to write a formula for the surface area of a cone.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area of Cylinders
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the surface area of cylinders using formulas
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area of Prisms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a formula and given information to calculate the surface area of different prisms.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Precalculus Basic Formulas to Know
This CoolMath resource provides an introduction to some Precalculus formulas.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Simple Programs to Apply Formulas
Students learn how to write simple programs to evaluate formulas in several variables for lists of data. They apply these skills to the computation of areas, volumes and surface areas of familiar geometric solids.