From the apple on your desk and the coffee cup in your hand, to the cabinets along the classroom wall, basic three-dimensional shapes are found everywhere in the world around us. Introduce young mathematicians to the these common figures...

Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...

Twenty-four problems covering a variety of solid figure topics: dimensions, volume, surface and base areas. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will click on the point of the word and drag it to the correct figure. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.

A brief site that includes some activities to understand the figures.

A math challenge where geometry, measurement, and problem solving meet. Explore the properties of three dimensional shapes when you discover how six friends can equally divide a nine inch square chocolate cake. A one page activity from...

Learn about several three-dimensional geometric shapes and the terminology used to describe them. Learn how to calculate their surface area and volume, and explore their mathematical properties.

A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs and some prior math skills to figure the shortest distance between the opposite corners of a cuboid.

This unit could be used as supplementary material for Geometry. It has good examples with illustrations and some interactive activities.

You will have to use visualization to help you solve this challenge. At this one page website, you will be able to check your solution.

If you can visualize a cube and turn it around in your mind, then this is the challenge for you. This one page website has the solution available to check your thinking.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will explore cross sections and nets of three dimensional objects. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students determine the volume of a cylinder by moving the points on the can of soup. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this high-level math lesson has students delve into the topic of Great Circles on a sphere (specifically, the Earth), in order to find the shortest distances between locations. Students will...

This lesson describes three dimensional shapes and provides two interactive practice activities.