This all-interactive MSM 6 course is a complete and rigorous Grade 6 Mathematics course where the text is the support material, NOT the main content. The course includes instructional interactives, inline immediate-feedback (formative)...

The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...

When air is warmed, it expands and becomes less dense. As the air becomes less dense, its air pressure decreases. This occurs because molecules in warm air have greater kinetic energy (energy of motion) than in cold air. As the molecules...

The resource investigates the cylinder. Students learn about surface area, volume, and different types of cylinders. Definitions, animations, formulas, and practice questions are included.

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.

The tutorial investigates applications of integrals. Topics discussed are average function value, area between two curves, volumes of solids of revolution, and work. Class notes, definitions, and examples with detailed solutions are...

Learn how to find the volume and surface area of a cylinder by trying interactive examples. Includes definitions and links to related topics.

Use this interactive tool to explore prisms. Change the height and the shape of the base to see how these affect the prism. There are also several additional options, e.g., making it oblique or transparent. Properties of a prism are...

Use this interactive tool to explore cones. Change the height and the radius to see how these affect the cone. There is also the option of making an oblique cone. Properties of a cone are discussed, how to use formulas to calculate the...

This activity is an application of integration. Students use calculus to find the area of a region and the volumes of solids generated by the region. They use the CAS of their TI-89 and calculus to determine the exact answers.

The operation of bimetallic strips is explained and illustrated. The principle of thermal expansion is related to their operation. A link to applications of bimetallic strips is provided.

Conversion calculators galore! Convert just about anything from one measureable unit into another measureable unit here with over two dozen calculators. Each of the links is specific to a measureable quantity. Some examples include...

Students analyze and begin to design a pyramid. Working in engineering teams, they perform calculations to determine the area of the pyramid base, stone block volumes, and the number of blocks required for their pyramid base. They make a...

Comprehensive guide with 17 areas of suggestions and tips for delivering a successful class presentation. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate the volume and surface area of a sphere.

Sixth graders solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area.

This activity allows the user to find the volume and surface area of various functions as they are rotated around axes. This applet can be used to practice finding integrals using the disk and washer methods of calculating volume.

This site provides an online rectangular prism calculator. Using any three of the six attributes (length, width, height, surface area, volume or diagonal), students can calculate the other three attributes. The calculator allows students...

Need to freshen up on your geometric formulas? This explanation focuses on some basic formulas that should be committed to memory such as area, volume, perimeter, and more.

Sixth graders explore the faces, bases, edges, and vertices of prisms and pyramids to help develop the concepts of volume and surface area.

Examine some of the complexities and complications inherent in the development of a micro engine. This video focuses on how MIT researchers have to consider proportions comparing volume and surface area when factoring heat loss, taking...

In this activity, students learn to calculate volume of a sphere and a rectangular prism. They explore methods of determining how many volleyballs can be placed in a room.

This problem looks at a scale model of a project by Christo and Jeanne Claude. Students are asked to calculate its volume, how many 1/2-inch blocks would be needed to build it, and how much cloth would be required to wrap it. They then...

In this engaging instructional activity, students use a variety of measurement strategies in creating their own Sand Babies. Students explore standard and non-standard measurements, area, data collection and analysis, and graphing....