Mini-lesson takes a look at the definition and shape of a cylinder, cylinder formula, cylinder volume, and cylinder surface area. Try your hand at the cylinder surface area calculator and interactive questions for better understanding.

Explore the world of prisms in this mini-lesson by learning what are prisms, definitions with shapes and examples, the difference between regular, irregular, right, and oblique prisms, the surface area of a prism, and the volume of a...

A comprehensive guide for learning all about spheres with definitions, properties, examples, and practice questions.

In Spanish. Interactive activities online on various geometric and trigonometric concepts such as area, perimeter, secants, tangents, etc. A terrific resource for students. Site is organized acoording to shape. (triangle, quadrilaterals,...

The focus of this series of lessons is to engage students in an exploration of the world around them. The emphasis is on inquiry as students learn about the earth, sun, light, shapes and more.

Great elementary level math activities, organized by school grade. Activities are sometimes written in the form of teacher instructions, with pictures and examples. Others are written directly for students and can be done online or...

Explore the world of quadrilaterals and their properties. Find answers to questions like what are quadrilaterals, how they are formed, easy ways to identify them, and commonly seen quadrilaterals around us.

A comprehensive guide for learning all about square pyramids with definitions, properties, examples, and practice questions.

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

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to find the perimeter of a shape using a grid.

Students will use a square to investigate other polygonal shapes that can be formed. Students will work with these polygons to make designs that will later constitute cooperatively designed quilts. The quilts will be made by translating,...

ThatQuiz is an excellent assessment tool for teachers and students. At this site, teachers can create individualized or group assessments on a variety of math topics. Students take these practice assessments directly online and receive...

Practice matching 2D nets to the 3D shapes the fold up into. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

At its core, the LEGO MINDSTORMS product provides a programmable microprocessor. Students use the EV3 processor to simulate an experiment involving thousands of uniformly random points placed within a unit square. Using the underlying...

About how many cells are in the human body? The purpose of this task is for learners to apply the concepts of mass, volume, and density in a real-world context. Aligns with G-MG.A.2.