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Filling Up a Swimming Pool Task

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Swimming pools are no fun without water. For a pool in the shape of a trapezoidal prism, scholars first calculate the amount of water needed to fill the pool. They use experimental data on water flow to determine whether to haul water...
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Why are Bubbles Spheres

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the surface area of different polygons. In this geometry lesson plan, students practice calculating the volume of spheres. They work with cones, cylinders and rectangular prisms.
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How to Figure Board Feet and Cost of a Board

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate woodworking and converting lengths to cubic measurements.  In this math conversions instructional activity, students examine the length of a piece of board, and its total area by using the formula for finding...
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Play Dough Day

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders build a model of the following figures with the base from column I and the cross-section from column II. Draw the base with labeled axes on the graph paper and construct the figure on top of the base with the play dough...
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Measuring the Earth

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify types of arcs and angles in a circle, find the measure of arcs and angles, and solve real world problems involving lengths of segments in circles, lengths, and areas.
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Why Are Cells So Small?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between cell surface area and the ability of materials to diffuse through a cell. They participate in an experiment in which they determine which materials diffuse easier than others. They complete...
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A Sphere and Its Net

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify and sketch the nets for sphere. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between two and three dimensional shapes. They find the surface area of each sphere.
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Watershed Investigations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the components of a watershed and the factors that affect it. They read a topographical map and use geometry to determine the area of a watershed. Students estimate the volume of a body of water and perform runoff...
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Geometry w/o Figures - Week 7 (Basic Geometry Formulas)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this basic geometry worksheet, students use basic formulas of geometry to find the area of a polygons, the number of sides of a polygon, and sum of the angles of various polygons. This three-page worksheet contains eight problems.
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Geometry in Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars examine tessellations and their geometric properties. Students explore the concept of tessellations and lines, planes, angles, and polygons. Young scholars experiment with the area and perimeter of polygons. Students...
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The Box with the Greatest Volume

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use measurement tools to measure the nearest 16th of an inch. They connect fractions and their decimal equivalents and compare this with other decimals. Finally, the class uses algebraic concepts and formulas to solve problems.
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Area graphics for 7th graders

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils randomly select dimensions for three geometric shapes (square, right triangle and circle). From the graphs they compare and contrast the graphical results of each shape.
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Create your own thermometer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in an activity where they build a calibrated thermometer.  In this thermometer lesson students complete this activity and take notes. 
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How much room?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the amount of usable space that exists in their classroom using square meters and square centimeters. They apply the information to predict the ideal size of a classroom.
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Mathematics: It's a Wrap!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils calculate the amount of wrapping paper needed to wrap boxes. They describe how they determined their answers.
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Using Math to Build a Swimming Pool

For Students 6th
In this calculating dimensions of a swimming pool worksheet, 6th graders solve the areas, the five depths, the volume, the square meters of tiles, the cost of the tiles, and convert the measurements from standard to metric. Students...
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Test on Chapter 7

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners review integrals and how they apply to solving equations. In this calculus instructional activity, students assess their knowledge of area between two curves, arc length, finding the volume using disk, washer and shell method....
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Regents Exam

For Students 10th - 11th
For this math worksheet, learners review importnt concepts required for the final exam of 6th grade. They solve basic equations and find the volume, and area of shapes. There are 25 questions.
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Maximum and Minimum Points

For Students 11th - 12th
In this maximum and minimum points worksheet, students solve and complete 12 various types of problems. First, they find the area of the smallest triangle given the point of intersection. Then, students find the volume of a box that has...
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What Does It Matter?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars match definitions with vocabulary words and learn basic facts about matter. Then, they see how to determine the physical characteristics of matter. They determine the mass, volume, and density of objects using appropriate...
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What Does It Matter?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students define matter, the chemical properties of matter, and the physical properties of matter. They name physical and chemical properties of matter (by classifying using a Tree Map). Students determine the mass, volume, and density of...
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Pape's Theorems

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students find the length of the side of a regular hexagon whose area is numerically equal to its perimeter.
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Visualizing Solids of Revolution - Washers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students solve the area of a cross section. In this calculus lesson, students solve areas rotated and bounded by two functions. They solve using the washer method.
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Unit 7: Mensuration Mental Tests

For Students 6th - 8th
For this mental math worksheet, students calculate area, volume, perimeter, and convert units in two mental math tests of ten problems each. 

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