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Tap Into Teen Minds: Prisms and Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed set of tasks for investigating the volume of prisms and pyramids.
Unit Plan
OnlineMathLearning.com

Online Math Learning: Volume of Prisms & Pyramids

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Online Math Learning: Volume of Prisms & Pyramids is a learning module that calculates volume
Handout
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Exploring Cross Sections

For Teachers 7th Standards
Students will explore the cross-sections that result when a plane cuts through a rectangular prism or pyramid. Students will also see examples of cross-section cuts in real-world situations.
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area, Volume, and Nets

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Investigate the concepts of area, volume, 3D shapes, and nets using this interactive Learn Alberta math. The solid shapes focused on this exploration include rectangular and triangular prisms, rectangular and triangular pyramids,...
Interactive
Other

Calculator.net: Volume Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these calculator tools to find the volume, 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 formulas...
Interactive
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...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Creating a Robot (2 Days)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
What do tin foil, surface area, and rectangular prisms make? A tin foil robot of course! This instructional activity includes practice problems about surface area, worksheets, a video explanation, and a reflection sheet.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Volume Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this online calculator to calculate the volume of geometric solids including a capsule, cone, frustum, cube, cylinder, hemisphere, pyramid, rectangular prism, sphere, and spherical cap.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Surface Area Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Online calculator to calculate the surface area of geometric solids including a capsule, cone, frustum, cube, cylinder, hemisphere, pyramid, rectangular prism, sphere, spherical cap, and triangular prism
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Skeleton Shapes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
At this one page website a variety of polyhedra are shown. The challenge is to create the skeleton for each polyhedron and identify the needed materials. You can check your solution right at the website.
Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Surface Area to Volume Ratio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.
Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: What Is Surface Area?

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to surface area then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Chain of Eight Polyhedra

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Eight different polyhedra are given along with a challenge in this game. Can you arrange them so that their faces match in a chain? A solution is available to check your answers.
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History is Fun

Jan Brett: Geometric Solids Flashcards Pdf

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages to practice learning your basic three dimensional geometric solids. Fold them in half and one side shows the shape while the other side shows the shape with the correct name. Put them...
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Volume: Geometry Practice Solving Volumes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students solve for the volume of three-dimensional figures such as cubes, prisms, and cylinders with these interactive flashcards.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Geometric Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This reference lists formulas for geometric shape measurements and offers links to online calculators.

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