CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Volume of Similar Solids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to use ratios between similar solids to solve for missing information. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Spheres
Get independent practice working with spheres. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Cylinder
Mini-lesson takes a look at the definition and shape of a cylinder, cylinder formula, cylinder volume, and cylinder surface area. Try your hand at the cylinder surface area calculator and interactive questions for better understanding.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Measurement
A comprehensive guide for learning all about measurement including the metric system, surface area, perimeter, volume, area, time, solid shapes, unit conversion, solved examples, and practice questions.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
Curated OER
Math2.org: Areas, Volumes, Surface Areas
This personal site from Math2.org gives formulas for the area, volumes and surface areas of various shapes. Also provides diagrams.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Solids
Quiz your knowledge of three-dimensional figures, specifically volume and surface area, with this sixteen-question practice exercise.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Spheres
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find a sphere's volume and surface area.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Popcorn Bucket or Box?
In this exploration, students will apply their knowledge of finding volume and surface area of cylinders and rectangular prisms. Students will make recommendations to the local movie theater after determining which package is cost...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Nifty Nets
During this activity, young scholars will create nets for prisms. They will find the volume and surface area of the shapes. They will also use interactive activities to review three-dimensional shapes.This lesson plan was created as a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Far Does a Lava Flow Go?
While learning about volcanoes, magma and lava flows, young scholars learn about the properties of liquid movement, coming to understand viscosity and other factors that increase and decrease liquid flow. They also learn about lava...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Area Flash Cards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart identifies student's prior knowledge of different shapes and their area by using flash cards. This lesson was intended for grade level 6-8 or lower. A quick warm-up as you launch into...
Math Words
Math Words: Right Circular Cylinder
Find a picture of a right circular cylinder here with the formulas for volume, total surface area, and lateral surface area. Site by MathWords.com.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: 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.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Pyramid Problems
The geometry tutorial discusses the surface area and volume of a pyramid. The activity has several examples with detailed solutions.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Square Pyramid Calculator
Use this calculator to determine the volume, surface area, or other figure for a square pyramid, given the other numbers. Users set their parameters for two known variables of the pyramid and find what the unknown amounts would be.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Cone Problems
The geometry tutorial explores problems related to the surface area and volume of a cone. The activity has several examples with detailed solutions.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Prism
Use this interactive tool to explore prisms. Change the height and the shape of the base to see how these affect the prism. There are also several additional options, e.g., making it oblique or transparent. Properties of a prism are...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Spinning Square Pyramid
Students learn about the properties of a square-based pyramid and the formulas for surface area and volume. The learning resource consists of facts and an interactive spinning square pyramid. Includes several multiple-choice questions.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Prisms
Students learn about the properties of a prism, some different types, and the formulas for surface area and volume. Includes an interactive prism and multiple-choice questions.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Cone
Use this interactive tool to explore cones. Change the height and the radius to see how these affect the cone. There is also the option of making an oblique cone. Properties of a cone are discussed, how to use formulas to calculate the...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Triangular Prism Calculator
This calculator finds the volume, surface area, and height of a triangular prism. Surface area calculations include top, bottom, lateral sides, and total surface area. Height is calculated from a known volume or lateral surface.
PBS
Pbs: Area and Volume in Kapa Cloth Making
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...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Sphere
This webpage thoroughly discusses the math of spheres. Includes the equation for a sphere in Cartesian and spherical coordinates as well as parametrically. Surface Area, volume, and curvature are addressed at this extensive site.