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Math Antics Geometry Video Lessons
The point of this collection of 12 videos is to introduce learners to three basic parts of geometry—points, lines, and planes. The presenter provides definitions, shows how to classify shapes, provides examples, and shows how to use...
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EngageNY Geometry Module 3: Extending to Three Dimensions
Building on the understanding of congruence studied in Module 1 and on similarity studied in Module 2, the 14 lessons in the Module 3 collection focus on developing a bridge from geometric measurement in two dimensions to understanding...
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Lessons for Learning—Grade 6
A very clear and concise unit to teaching sixth graders math concepts directly related to Common Core. Learners are exposed to six lessons involving recipe conversions, graphing data from ratio tables, evaluating exponents,...
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Exploring 3-D Geometry
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 to learn the...
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Building Sandcastles
Finalize the plans before playing in the sand. Learners design sandcastles using geometric and composite figures. They create blueprints, including the scale, and three-dimensional models of their castles. Finally, scholars calculate the...
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Down on Sue's Farm
When would a farmer use math? Class members work through five tasks on a farm that require knowledge of surface area, volume, and determining regression equations. The challenges range from figuring out the amount of paint to buy,...
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Designing Euclid’s Playground
Create a geometric playground. Pupils work through a performance task to demonstrate their ability to use geometric concepts to solve everyday problems. The accompanying engineering design lessons show teachers how the assessment works...
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Volume of Prism
The area is essential to volume. As part of the review for the General Certificate of Secondary Education math assessment, a helpful video covers how to find the volume of several common 3-D figures. Pupils use the general volume formula...
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Volume of a Prism
Not all prisms are cubes. A short video introduces the definition of a prism and uses that definition to create a general volume formula. Worksheets provide pupils several opportunities to practice finding the volume of a wide variety of...
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Volume of Cuboids and Cubes
Turn up the volume. After identifying the three dimensions of a prism, the presenter gives the formula for finding its volume. Using the formula, the video shows pupils how to find the volume of a rectangular prism and a cube. Classmates...
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Girl Scout Cookies
How many Girl Scout cookies can you fit in a trunk? Learners consider this question after watching a video of an SUV being filled to the top with single boxes of the cookies. They use measurements of the trunk and the box of cookies to...
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Swimming Pool II
Combine geometry and algebra concepts to solve a modeling problem. Young scholars consider the effect surface area has on volume. They write a cubic function to model the possible volume given a specific surface area and then determine...
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Volume of Rectangular Prisms
Ready to learn a voluminous amount about volumes? Look no further! Learners view an informative YouTube video that shows how to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms with fractional side lengths. It goes on to explain the process of...
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Make Sense of Volume
A brief assessment challenges scholars to draw a box on graph paper designed with specific cubic units. Written responses demonstrate their knowledge.
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Building Boxes
Build foundational knowledge of volume by building boxes. Given dimensions for a piece of grid paper, young mathematicians determine the number of possible open-top boxes it will make. As part of this task, they also find the box with...
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What Is the Function Notation?
Rewrite the volume formula for a cube—functionally. Given the formula to find the volume of a cube, pupils rewrite it using function notation. They then explain the meanings of the symbols in the created function.
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Volume of a Pyramid
It takes three to add up to the whole. Pupils use drawn-in line segments in a triangular prism to show that it can be divided into three pyramids. Learners use what they know about prisms to show the bases of the three pyramids and their...
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Volume of a Cylinder
It's all about having equal cross-sectional areas and equal heights. Using a diagram of a prism and a cylinder, pupils explain the formula of the volume of a cylinder. Individuals use facts about the relationship between the prism and...
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Absolute Extrema and Optimization: Building the Biggest Box
Optimally, you want the largest box. Given a square piece of box material, pupils determine the size of congruent squares to cut out of the corners to create a box with the greatest volume. Learners determine the equation of the volume...
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Lessons for Learning—Grade 8
How can you better explain the standards? A collection of resources gives teachers the resources needed to teach topics within the eighth grade curriculum. Lessons provide engaging activities to use within the classroom.
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Volume
Turn up the volume in 3-D. The video introduces the concept of volume and the units used to measure it. Using a graphical representation of translating 2-D figures, the resource develops the formulas for finding the volume of prisms and...
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Algebra II: Extended Performance Task Designing the Perfect Package
Here's a package deal for a task creating equations for packages. An extended problem has learners creating a cubic function to represent the volume of a box. They consider constraints and interpret key features of their functions.
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Math Grade 7: Use Surface Area and Volume to Solve a Real-World Problem
There's nothing fishy about this resource. Individuals use unit cubes to build a model of an aquarium in the shape of a rectangular prism that meets given criteria. Consideration of both volume and surface is necessary.
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Out of the Box
There's no need to think outside the box for this one! Scholars measure the length, width, and height of various boxes. Results help develop the formulas for the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms.