Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Triangular Prism Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculator finds the volume, surface area, and height of a triangular prism. Surface area calculations include top, bottom, lateral sides, and total surface area. Height is calculated from a known volume or lateral surface.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pump Up the Volume

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
In this instructional activity, learners will be required to generate a formula for volume of a rectangular prism. Students working in cooperative groups will use prior knowledge for finding area of a rectangle to determine the "amount...
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Volume of a Pyramid

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive tool to find the volume of a pyramid. Try different figures for the height and the base to see how these affect the volume. Properties of pyramids are explained, how to calculate the volume using a formula, what an...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Boxed in and Wrapped Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find the volume and surface area of a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box), and then figure out how to convert that box into a new, cubical box having the same volume as the original. As they construct the new, cube-shaped box...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Popcorn Bucket or Box?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this exploration, middle schoolers will apply their knowledge of finding volume and surface area of cylinders and rectangular prisms. Students will make recommendations to the local movie theater after determining which package is...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Volume of Composite Figures: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will present how to apply the volume formulas of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, spheres, and hemispheres to find the volume of composite figures. It is 5 of 6 in the series titled "Volume of Composite Figures."
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.md: Breaking Apart Composite Solids

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This exercise helps students understand how volume in figured, even when two or more parts of a prism are not overlapping. There is a teacher view, with a description of the activity and commentary, and a student view, with just the...
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Other

Csg Network: Csg Volume Calculator: Triangular Prism

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this calculator tool to find the volume in cubic units of a triangular prism.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: New Boxes From Old

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find the volume and surface area of a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box), and then figure out how to convert that box into a new, cubical box having the same volume as the original. As they construct the new, cube-shaped box...
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Volume of a Rectangular Prism

For Students 5th Standards
Find out how to find the volume of a prism, and follow up with some practice problems.
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Other

Calculator.net: Surface Area Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these calculator tools to find the surface area, in your choice of units, of a sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, capsule, ball cap, conical frustum, ellipsoid, or square pyramid. Includes a reference section listing...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Solid Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains notes, information, and practice finding surface area and volume of cubes and prisms.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Drawing 3 Dimensional Figures

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students learn to draw a three-dimensional figure using Isometric Dots in the Explorer Draw App on the calculator. They also find the area and volume of a rectangular prism. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Nifty Nets

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
During this activity, students will create nets for prisms. They will find the volume and surface area of the shapes. They will also use interactive activities to review three-dimensional shapes.This lesson plan was created as a result...