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Curated OER

Geometry, Measurement & Reasoning

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students measure prisms and determine their volume. In this measurement and reasoning instructional activity, students estimate the volume and area of prisms. They measure given boxes. Students use paper to create prisms and cylinders....
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Curated OER

3-D Attributes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore geometric solids. In this geometry lesson, students listen to the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns, then work in groups to sort geometric solids into various categories. Students define geometric solids...
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Curated OER

Box It Up

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make boxes. In this prisms instructional activity, 5th graders read the book Counting on Frank and discuss the different things that the boy measures. Students make boxes of various sizes using graph paper and find their...
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Curated OER

Regents Exam Questions G.G.12: Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this volume worksheet, students solve 12 short answer and multiple choice problems. Students find the dimensions of prisms given their volume in terms of quadratic and a linear expression.
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Curated OER

Science Experiment: Take a Rainbow's Temperature

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this science experiment instructional activity, students gather materials and perform an investigation using thermometers and prisms. Students are asked if red is hotter than blue. They answer 6 questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volumes of Solids

For Students 7th - 9th
In this volume learning exercise, students observe diagrams and extrapolate the correct items to plug into a formula for volume. They find the volume of triangular prisms, cylinders, cones, rectangular prisms, and rectangular pyramids. ...
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Curated OER

Colorful Colorado

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the components of white light as viewed through a prism. The multiple colors of the spectrum produced are related to wavelengths and experienced through the creation of a color wheel.
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Curated OER

Shapely Figures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are given magazines, scissors, glue, and one sheet of construction paper. They look for pictures showing real life representations of rectangular prisms, spheres, cones, and pyramids. Pupils cut out pictures showing each of...
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Curated OER

Internet Quest: Bottled Light

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct research. In this lighting instructional activity, students define bottled lights. Students research and answer questions about buying bottled light, create a poster to increase the sales of bottled light, write a sales...
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Curated OER

Geometry Practice: Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this volume worksheet, young scholars find the volume of 6 solids.  Students find the volume of rectangular and triangular prisms.
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Curated OER

Color

For Students 9th - 12th
In this color worksheet, high schoolers read where light comes from and the different colors created through a prism. Students compare light (additive color) with pigments (subtractive color). Then high schoolers complete 1 drawing, 6...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Shapes: Which Item?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Which item is shaped like a cone? Give students a chance to compare shapes, determining which item represents the prompted shape or figure (and which don't). Through 4 multiple-choice questions, scholars identify a cone, a cube, a...
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Virginia Department of Education

Out of the Box

For Teachers 6th Standards
There's no need to think outside the box for this one! Scholars measure the length, width, and height of various boxes. Results help develop the formulas for the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms.
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Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Building Blocks

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Math is a lot like building blocks—it requires a solid foundation. A short performance task has pupils consider the volume of a cubic block. It then asks mathematicians to find the surface area and volume of a prism made from stacking...
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Learner

Solid Shapes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
A collection of two lessons, kindergartners will identify two-dimensional shapes in solid shapes. They will develop basic knowledge of the components that make up a sphere, rectangular prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone, and cube. Young...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 7 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 6)

For Students 6th Standards
Thirty-eight flashcards make up a set designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Two types of cards can be found here; a word card in bold lettering, and a corresponding definition card that offers a labeled example. Terms include area,...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Cross Section Flyer

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars see cross sections come to life using an app to investigate cross sections of three-dimensional solids. They look at prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and double cones.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Computing Volume Progression 1

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Finding the volume of a right rectangular prism is the focus of the resource.  Worksheet includes a drawing of a cube to help learners visualize the concept. Young geometers will learn that as the side length increases, so does the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Christo’s Building

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Hook your charges on how to solve a real-world art problem with mathematics by showing works of Christo. You can find eye-catching images on the Christo and Jeanne Claude webpage. Here, math learners help Jean Claude and Christo prepare...
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Math Drills

Rectangular Prisms (A) - (J)

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Ten similar worksheets plus their answer keys are included in this resource. Each simply displays three right rectangular prisms with their length, height, and width printed on them. Fifth graders apply the formula for the volume of a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry: Calculating Volumes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this volume worksheet, learners find the volume of 6 prisms/cylinders.  Students use a picture and given measurements of the prisms/cylinders to find the volume.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Multistep Linear Equations

For Students 10th
In this multistep linear equations worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 21 different multiple choice problems. First, they determine the value of a given variable by using multisteps. Then, students determine the equation that...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit 22: Volume

For Students 9th - 11th
In this volume worksheet, students determine the volume of cubes, prisms, and assorted shapes.  This three-page worksheet is designed for mental computation.  Answers are provided beside each question.  This three-page worksheet contains...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area

For Students 9th - 12th
In this volume and surface area activity, students find the volume and surface area of 8 prisms and cylinders. Students find the volume and surface area given a diagram with various measurements labeled.

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