Worksheet
Curated OER

Perimeter, Area, Volume, and Surface Area

For Students 10th
For this geometry worksheet students solve problems involving perimeter, area, volume, and surface area for various geometric shapes.  The four page worksheet contains twenty-five problems.  Answers key is provided. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Surface Area and Volume

For Students 8th - 10th
Accompanying the lesson at www.shodor.org, this worksheet present students with a series of questions about the volume and surface area of a rectangular prism and a triangular prism. Students predict how these values would change if the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Surface Area of Cubes and Rectangular Prisms

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders calculate surface area of 3-D shapes. In this geometry lesson, 8th graders analyze cubes and prisms by finding their area and surface area. They compare the data of these two shapes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculating Surface Area

For Students 7th - 9th
For this surface area worksheet, students find the surface are of cubes and rectangular prisms.  This one-page worksheet contains 3 problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Surface Area

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students calculate the surface area of cubes, solids and cylinders. In this geometry instructional activity, students define the surface area formulas for different prisms. They calculate the surface area with 100%, and 80% accuracy.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Christo’s Building

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Hook your charges on how to solve a real-world art problem with mathematics by showing works of Christo. You can find eye-catching images on the Christo and Jeanne Claude webpage. Here, math learners help Jean Claude and Christo prepare...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Looking at Circumference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers understand where the number for pi comes from. They understand and use the formula for circumference. Students measure the circles given out and the diameters of those circles and record the results on their worksheet.
Performance
Radford University

How Do I Design a Raised Bed Garden to Accommodate My Plants?

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Give plants the best place to grow. Given constraints on plant spacing, pupils design a raised bed garden using graph paper, then calculate the perimeter, surface area, and volume. They use the provided costs of lumber and soil to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volume & Candy Creations Model

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate surface area.  In this surface area instructional activity, 6th graders design a box of candy that has a volume of 30 cubic inches.  Students are trying to minimize surface area while keeping volume...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Prisms and Pyramids Homework

For Students 8th - 10th
For this surface area and volume of prisms worksheet, students identify the requested measurement of each of 10 geometric shapes. The first two shapes are rectangular prisms, students tell surface area and volume. The next three shapes...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving - Use a Formula 21.7

For Students 4th - 5th
In this formula worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer, answering the questions relating to: understand, plan, solve, look back. Students solve 2 problems. Houghton Mifflin test is referenced.
Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Designing Euclid’s Playground

For Teachers 10th Standards
Create a geometric playground. Pupils work through a performance task to demonstrate their ability to use geometric concepts to solve everyday problems. The accompanying engineering design lessons show teachers how the assessment works...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Overlapping Squares

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The objective of this activity is to find the percent of the area of a two squares overlapping. Mathematicians find the ratio of area for the part that overlaps to the rectangle formed. The final answer is a percent as a rate per 100....
Printables
Virginia Department of Education

Mathematics Vocabulary Cards - Grade 3

For Teachers 3rd
Need to go over some math concepts with your third graders? Use a series of math posters, featuring vocabulary words in geometry, measurement, fractions, probability, and many other areas of study. Each poster presents the term with an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry, Measurement & Reasoning

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students measure prisms and determine their volume. In this measurement and reasoning lesson, students estimate the volume and area of prisms. They measure given boxes. Students use paper to create prisms and cylinders. They determine...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry Practice: Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this volume worksheet, students find the volume of 6 solids.  Students find the volume of rectangular and triangular prisms.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Naming Geometric Shapes

For Students 5th - 8th
Name that shape! This simple worksheet has learners identify each geometric figure. They examine rectangular prisms, cylinders, rectangular pyramids, and hexagonal prisms. This one-page worksheet contains 8 problems, and the goals seems...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Pizza Crusts

For Teachers 6th Standards
Enough stuffed crust to go around. Pupils calculate the area and perimeter of a variety of pizza shapes, including rectangular and circular. Individuals design rectangular pizzas with a given area to maximize the amount of crust and do...
Interactive
Sam Houston State University

How Full Can You Go? Pretest Questions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Ten questions regarding volume of rectangular prisms are presented to your geometers, most of them requiring the multiplication of length, width, and height. The assignment is acutally an interactive resource in that learners answer...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Twenty Volume Of Solids Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this volume worksheet, students solve twenty volume of various solids problems.  The solids examined include: cylinders, cubes, rectangular prism, including how the volumes of these figures change with increased in length. ...
Unit Plan
PBS

Accessible Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
All the 2-D and 3-D measurement work you need is in one location. Divided into three sections, the geometry lesson plans consist of visualization of three dimensions, classifying geometric figures, and finding surface area and volume....
Printables
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)

For Students 5th Standards
Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...
Activity
Teach Engineering

Build the Biggest Box

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Boxing takes on a whole new meaning! The second installment of the three-part series has groups create lidless boxes from construction paper that can hold the most rice. After testing out their constructions, they build a new box....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Rectangular Prisms [J]

For Students 5th - 6th
In this rectangular prism worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of 3 rectangular prisms. Answers are included on page 2.