Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Models to Connect to and Understand Volume Formulas

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The student will use models to develop formulas and connect them to the volume of prisms, spheres, cylinders, pyramids, and cones.
Lesson Plan
ArtLex

Art Lex: Architectural Model

For Students 9th - 10th
An architectural modeling lesson that first demonstrates how architects combine forms to create buildings and then provides instructions for building architectural models. Includes links to architectural terms and to useful illustrations...
Activity
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Tips on How to Make a 3 D Plant Cell Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps in how to make a model of a plant cell using clay and simple materials found at home. Suggestions for variations are also given.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 9.5 Modeling in Three Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore connections between a 2-dimensional net and a 3-dimensional box. Later in this section, use equations with variables to solve real world problems that use 2 and 3-dimensional objects.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Rhinovirus

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to see a 3D model of the main cause of the common cold, the rhinovirus? This site contains an interactive 3D model of this RNA genome virus. Site also contains a STL file that can be used to print the model to a 3D printer.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Bcr Abl: Abl Kinase Domain

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive 3D model of BCR-ABL which is an unregulated kinase that causes cancer. The site also includes an STL file that can be used to print the model to a 3D printer.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Gleevec Resistant Bcr Abl: Abl Kinase Domain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an interactive 3D model of gleevec-resistant BCR-ABL which is a mutated form of BCR-ABL. Also found on the site is an STL file to 3D print the model.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dengue Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a 3D model of the RNA genome virus, Dengue. This virus causes dengue fever in humans and is mosquito-borne. The site also includes a file to download to print to a 3D printer.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Nodamura Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an interactive 3D model of Nodamura. This virus primarily affects insects and fish and is an RNA genome virus.
Website
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Biology of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual describes the human heart and shows how the heart pumps blood. Includes interactive 3D models.
Graphic
Other

C4 Molecular Library: Alkynes

For Students 9th - 10th
The C4 molecular library has models of alkynes that can be rotated and examined in 3D. Choose viewer, select the hydrocarbon menu from CONTENTS and scroll down to alkynes.
Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Graduation Caps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students build geometric models of graduation caps using stiff paper. The activity requires the application of skills in finding surface area, understanding similarity, knowing the...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Imatinib (Gleevec)

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive shows a 3D model of a drug that acts like ATP and inhibits BCR-ABL, Imatnib (Gleevec). There is also a STL file available for download to print this model.
eBook
University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Ethers

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you ever wanted to know about ethers! Includes an organized chart showing the compound name, line drawing, and a 3D model. Cyclic ethers, crown ethers, epoxides, and sulfides are also defined along with an organized chart. Try...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.

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