Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.

Learn how to calculate the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms and cylinders. Four interactive animations, preceded by simple instructions, guide you through the process of calculating area and volume.

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

Using an engaging approach, this activity requires students to record the volume of cylinders as a function of the radius. Students will construct and measure the volume of several cylinders and then begin comparing these shapes.

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,...

This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at surface area and volume and how math involved in the design of large inflatable shapes. The accompanying interactive component lets students investigate a variety of cylinders to get a...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This tutorial explains how to calculate the volume of various solids using the 'slicing' method and then deriving a formula for each solid. It goes on to discuss...

Use prior knowledge of a rectangular prism to determine the formula of a cylinder. Check for understanding with the assessment at then end of lesson.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the heights of cylinders given the volume of the cylinder and one other dimension. Students can practice this concept by watching a video, studying notes,...

Practice applying the volume formula for a cylinder. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.

A brief overview of the definition of volume, and a description on how to measure the volumes of liquids.

The mathematics resource consists of an overview of the volume of prisms and cylinders. Real life examples and explanations are included.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the volume of different cylinders using formulas.

This interactive exercise focuses on volume equations, measurement, and problem solving skills to compare the volume of 3D figures constructed from similar amounts of construction materials.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a formula to calculate the volume of cylinders.

In this lesson, students will find the volume of geometric solids.

The measurements that are inserted by the user will be used by the online Cylinder calculator to compute electronically the volume of the cylinder. The only things that are required to fill in are the radius of the base and the height of...

A lesson plan helping students understand how to determine the volume of a cylinder.

In this task, students are asked to estimate the volume of a non-standard 3D solid by referencing either a cone or a cylinder. Aligns with G-GMD and G-GMD.A.3.

[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.

The tutorial investigates the volumes of a cone, a cylinder, and a hemisphere. The problem includes a detailed solution.

This site challeges students to find the rectangular dimensions that would produce the cylinder with the greatest volume. The page provides formulas. Students can choose from the following methods to solve: Tabular, Graphical, and calculus.

This site challeges students to find the rectangular dimensions that would produce the cylinder with the greatest volume. The page provides formulas. Students can choose from the following methods to solve: Tabular, Graphical, and calculus.

This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of finding the volume of prisms and cylinders.