Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decompose Figures to Find Volume (Unit Cubes)

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find the volume of irregular 3D figures made up of unit cubes by dividing the figures into rectangular prisms and finding the volume of each part. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume With Cubes With Fraction Lengths

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Find volume of rectangular prisms by using cubes with fraction side lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
Other

Calculator.net: Volume Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these calculator tools to find the volume, in your choice of units, of a sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, capsule, ball cap, conical frustum, ellipsoid, or square pyramid. Includes a reference section listing formulas...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume of Rectangular Prisms With Unit Cubes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find volume of 3-dimensional figures by counting unit cubes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Rubik's Cube Volume

For Students 6th - 8th
Revealing multiple ways to find volume using a Rubik's cube. This video focuses on modeling volume and explaining why two different volume equations will give you the same answer.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Exploring Volume

For Teachers 6th
Modeling volume with centimeter cubes deepens understanding of the formula for finding volume.
Lesson Plan
Other

West Contra Costa Usd: Volume: A Foundation in Unit Cubes [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
A very detailed lesson on determining the volume of rectangular prisms, teaching students how to derive the formula for volume, and to use it successfully. Plenty of examples, student work, and assessment options.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 1.9 Sum and Difference of Cubes

For Students 9th - 10th
This section expands on the process of factoring to certain types of polynomials. In particular, it investigates how to find the sum and difference of cubed numbers and terms, and it will use volume of cubes to model this process.
Unit Plan
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Cube

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawings and discussion on the properties of the cube, with lots of links to related pages. With this page you can find how to make a cube out of tetrahedron. [Requires Java.]
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Computing Volume Progression 2

For Teachers 6th Standards
The purpose of this second task in a series of four is to find the volume of a rectangular prism when unit cubes are omitted from the drawing. This makes it more abstract. Aligns with 6.G.A.2.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Volume of Cube, Tent

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a question/response site with the topic of volume. A student asks for help finding the volume of a tent, a cube, and other regularly dimensioned objects.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Boxed in and Wrapped Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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,...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Solid Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains notes, information, and practice finding surface area and volume of cubes and prisms.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Finding the Volume of a Cube or Box

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn how to solve the volume of a cube or box on this site. See how the formula is used to find the volume of the shape.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: New Boxes From Old

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
Lesson Plan
University of Hawai'i

Density (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson plan is to find the density of regular (volume can be with a mathematical formula) or irregular objects through water displacement. Uses actual SI units (g/cubed cm).
Interactive
Other

Calculator.net: Surface Area Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these calculator tools to find the surface area, in your choice of units, of a sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, capsule, ball cap, conical frustum, ellipsoid, or square pyramid. Includes a reference section listing...
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Making Boxes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Have fun and learn by making a box and then find out its maximum volume as well as other problem-solving activities, including making a table of your results and drawing a graph.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: New House

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this one page website sharpen your logic and spatial sense skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.