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

This lesson demonstrates how to find a formula for the volume of a cylinder. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Finding a Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder."

This lesson demonstrates how to find a formula for the volume of a cylinder. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Finding a Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder."

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find a cylinder's volume and surface area.

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...

Learn how to find the volume and surface area of a cylinder by trying interactive examples. Includes definitions and links to related topics.

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

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.

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

This question and answer site involves calculating the volume of a cylindrical tank that is on its side.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart guides the students through the process of determining the volume of a cylinder. Students learn to transform formulas in order to find the missing elements.

Pick up some valuable pointers on how to figure out the volume of various shapes. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an online "Test Bite" and check your understanding.

Students solve for the volume of three-dimensional figures such as cubes, prisms, and cylinders with these interactive flashcards.

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.

Using knowledge of surface area of a cylinder formulas and volume of a cone, find the height of a cone / cylinder.

The resource investigates the cylinder. Students learn about surface area, volume, and different types of cylinders. Definitions, animations, formulas, and practice questions are included.

Given the height and volume of a certain cylinder, Jill uses the volume formula to compute its radius. If a second cylinder has the same volume as the first, but is 100 times taller, what is its radius? Aligns with A-SSE.A.1.

In preparation for some medical tests, Jared must drink 3 liters of water today, but he has forgotten his water bottle at home and must use paper cone cups at work. Students are asked to calculate how many of these he must drink if that...

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.

This site describes the concept of oblique, expressing both triangles and three dimensional solids. Be sure to use the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point...

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] This flipchart contains activities and instructions for students on how to solve for the volume of a cylinder and finding the circumference of a circle.

This site gives formulas for the area, volume, and surface area of various shapes.

Follow this guided example estimating the volume of a solid cylinder. [2:14]