Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Spheres Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students develop an understanding of the properties of a sphere and determine its area and volume.
Unit Plan
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Sphere

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about a sphere. The resource consists of facts, formulas, images, and definitions. An animation demonstrates how the sphere can contain the greatest volume for a fixed surface area.
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Geometry: Volume of Spheres

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The geometry resource investigates the volume of a sphere. Formulas, examples, and practice exercises are included.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Braun Shapes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is an in depth review of finding many shapes, their properties, and reinforcing first flipchart- Braun.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Three Dimensional Figures

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the characteristics of polyhedrons and asks students to classify figures according to the number of vertices, faces, and bases of the figures.
Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Hemisphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This InterMath site gives a decription of a hemisphere along with a visual representation. Be sure to use the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive checkpoint involving...
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Finding the Volume and Surface Area of a Sphere

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Kids learn how to find the volume and surface area of a sphere. Formulas used for this shape. Example math problems.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Torus Math: Spherical Geometry Demo

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A java applet on this site illustrates the principles or spherical geometry.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Sphere Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the 3 unknown values of a sphere given any 1 known variable including radius r, surface area A, volume V and circumference C. It will also give the answers for volume, surface area, and circumference...
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Geometric Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This reference lists formulas for geometric shape measurements and offers links to online calculators.
Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Is a Sphere 2 D or 3 D?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you think you know weather a sphere is two dimensional or three dimensional? Read this question posed to Doctor Math, very interesting.
Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Sphere Eversion

For Students 9th - 10th
This question and answer site provides links to sites that show how to mathematically turn a sphere inside out.
Handout
Math Words

Math words.com: Radius of a Circle or Sphere

For Students 5th - 9th
This site from MathWords.com explains and shows visually what the radius of a sphere is.
Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Sphere Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Math Forum provides the formulas for finding the area and volume of a sphere.