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Teach Surface Area and Volume in the Most Engaging Way!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Build a Zarcon-proof home as a math activity that will provide tremendous advantages for engagement, for differentiation, and for mastery of concepts. This activity focuses specifically on surface area and volume using mathematical...
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Curated OER

Surface Area and Volume Warm-up

For Students 5th - 10th
Learners draw the given shapes to be bigger than they are and find the surface area and volume of each shape. They complete this for two shapes.
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Curated OER

Problem Solving: Surface Area or Volume

For Students 4th - 7th
Strengthen young geometric muscles with this exercise in finding surface area and volume. Six problems provide practice at determining the surface area and volume of two solid figures shown in cubic units, deciding which to find given a...
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Digital Lesson

Cereal Box Surface Area

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
How much math can your learners pour out of a cereal box? Your middle schoolers will explore their favorite cereal and calculate the surface area, volume, and weight ratios and log this information on the provided worksheet. They get to...
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Curated OER

Solids...Volume and Surface Area

For Teachers 5th - 10th
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of different solid figures. Students complete 8 problems.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Geometry 3D Shapes: Surface Area and Volume

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Whether you wrap it or fill it, you're using geometric concepts. Classmates use an interactive approach to learn how to find volume and surface area of cylinders and prisms in the second lesson in a five-part series. The online lesson...
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HeyMath!

Volume of Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
Go beyond the basic formulas and uncover the surface area and volume of 3-D shapes with this comprehensive and organized learning exercise packet. The problems include the basic formula computations while also challenging your learners...
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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Right Rectangular Prisms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the formulas for three-dimensional figures. They use manipulatives to model problems. Students create foldables and explain volume and surface area. Students complete worksheets and classify solids. Students sing a...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Insides and Outsides

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Give small groups handfuls of unit cubes and then dare them to build as many rectangular prisms as possible using only 12 cubes. This engaging activity serves as an introduction to the volume of solid figures. In addition to volume,...
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Curated OER

Surface Area, Who Needs it?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
In this geometry activity on cylinders, geometers explore how to find the smallest surface area for a given volume.  They use their knowledge to relate it to the real world by making a model of a livestock tank.
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Virginia Department of Education

Exploring 3-D Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on to learn the...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Triangle Area

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
While the lesson focuses on right triangles, this activity offers a great way to practice the area of all triangles through an interactive webpage. The activity begins with the class taking a square paper and cutting in in half; can they...
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Teach Engineering

Boxed In and Wrapped Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
If cubes have the smallest surface area, why aren't there more cube-shaped packages? Scholars take a box in the shape of a rectangular prism, cut it up, and make new boxes in the shape of cubes with the same volume. They then brainstorm...
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Curated OER

Fish Tanks: Volume and Surface Area

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Given a very realistic challenge, your young geometers design residential fish tanks in rectangular and triangular prism shapes. They compute the volume of water each will hold. They also determine the size of plastic covers for each...
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Curated OER

Area

For Students 5th - 7th
Learners solve and complete four various types of problems. First, they show on the diagram why the area of a triangle is given by a formula. Then, pupils find the area of each triangle and parallelogram illustrated, They also circle the...
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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Composite Right Prisms (E)

For Students 6th - 10th
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of composite right prisms. Students complete 4 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Composite Right Prisms (F)

For Students 6th - 12th
In this volume and surface area learning exercise, students find the volume and surface area of composite right prisms. Students complete 4 problems.
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Curated OER

Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the notion of surface area and volume. Students review surface area and volume by finding the area of a two-dimensional shape. They practice using the computer to create different surface area shapes.
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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Right Prisms (G)

For Students 6th - 12th
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of right prisms. Students complete 4 problems.
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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Parallelogram Prisms (A)

For Students 6th - 12th
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of parallelogram prisms. Students complete 4 problems.
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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Right Prisms (H)

For Students 6th - 10th
In this volume and surface area learning exercise, students find the volume and surface area of right prisms. Students complete 4 problems.
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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Parallelogram Prisms (B)

For Students 6th - 12th
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of parallelogram prisms. Students complete 4 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Right Prisms (I)

For Students 6th - 12th
In this right prisms instructional activity, students find the volume and surface area of the right prisms given to them. Students complete 4 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area of Cylinders (C)

For Students 6th - 10th
For this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of cylinders. Students complete 6 problems total.