A guide to support parents as they work with their students with area, surface area, and volume problems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate the surface area and volume of a cone.

Students find the approximate surface area and volume of an apple, measuring circumference 3 ways, using the mean of the measurements to find the radius. Each students enters the results in a Table on the board.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate the surface area and volume of cylinders.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate the surface area and volume of prisms.

Explore the relationships between area and volume based upon length.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate surface area and volume of pyramids.

The concept of area expansion is presented and explained. An equation for calculating the amount of area expansion is provided.

Determine the area of a shape.

Test your knowledge of the area of quadrilaterals.

Students learn to explore relationships between units of measure and objects to be measured. They develop an understanding of length, area, and volume.

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What is a sphere? Find a definition, example images, and formulas to help you determine volume and surface area given the radius.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide looks at the definitions and postulates of surface area and volume for different solids, including composite solids and similar solids.

Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. For this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...

A Hawaiian kapa artist explains how she uses area and measurements as part of her art-making process in this video from the Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and learn how...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find a composite solid's volume and surface area. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...

Find volumes and surface areas of boxes, cylinders, and triangular prisms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept covers what a composite solid is and how to find its volume and surface area. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...

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...

The resource investigates a cone. Students learn about surface area, volume, and different types of cones. Definitions, animations, formulas, and practice questions are included.

To display the results from the previous activity, each student designs and constructs a mobile that contains a duplicate of his or her original box, the new cube-shaped box of the same volume, the scraps that are left over from the...

What is a cylinder? Find a definition, example images, and formulas for determining the volume and surface area of a cylinder if given the radius of the base and the height.

What is a pyramid? Find a definition, example images, and formulas for finding the volume and surface area of a pyramid if given base and height measurements. Includes a very brief look at a pyramid in Egypt and its measurements.