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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students explore surface area and volume through this instructional activity and worksheet activity.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Volume

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site provides great practice on the concept of volume. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can practice their knowledge by...
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PBS

Pbs: Mathline: Let's Face It [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Check out this math project about polyhedra! Students will enjoy the hands-on activity while they learn about tetrahedrons, hexahedrons, octahedrons, dodecahedrons, and icosahedrons. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Prisms and Cylinders Tutorial

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare a prism and a cylinder in order to determine the similarities of calculating the volume.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Popcorn Bucket or Box?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this exploration, students will apply their knowledge of finding volume and surface area of cylinders and rectangular prisms. Students will make recommendations to the local movie theater after determining which package is cost...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Circles All Around Us

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will estimate several dimensions of circles in everyday objects. Students will use the metric and customary systems for their estimations. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pump Up the Volume

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, students will be required to generate a formula for volume of a rectangular prism. Students working in cooperative groups will use prior knowledge for finding area of a rectangle to determine the "amount of area in a...
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Square Pyramid Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this calculator to determine the volume, surface area, or other figure for a square pyramid, given the other numbers. Users set their parameters for two known variables of the pyramid and find what the unknown amounts would be.
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: 3 D Shapes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson describes three dimensional shapes and provides two interactive practice activities.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: All in the Mind

For Students 3rd - 8th
You will have to use visualization to help you solve this challenge. At this one page website, you will be able to check your solution.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Dicey

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you can visualize a cube and turn it around in your mind, then this is the challenge for you. This one page website has the solution available to check your thinking.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nets of Polyhedra

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice matching 2D nets to the 3D shapes the fold up into. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

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