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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Estimating and Solving for Volume of Pyramids

For Students 7th - 8th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how to calculate the volume of a pyramid and how this compares to the volume of a prism. Then solve problems about the volume of rectangular and triangular pyramids....
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Surface Area Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Online calculator to calculate the surface area of geometric solids including a capsule, cone, frustum, cube, cylinder, hemisphere, pyramid, rectangular prism, sphere, spherical cap, and triangular prism
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Volume Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Surface Area to Volume Ratio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.
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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.
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Handout
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.md: Breaking Apart Composite Solids

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This exercise helps students understand how volume in figured, even when two or more parts of a prism are not overlapping. There is a teacher view, with a description of the activity and commentary, and a student view, with just the...
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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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume 1

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find the volume of a rectangular prism with labeled side lengths. Find a missing side length on a rectangular prism when given the volume. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume Word Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
Find the volume of rectangular prisms to solve word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Surface Area and Volume Test

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This test may be given in classes learning about volume and surface area of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and cones.
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Volume: Geometry Practice Solving Volumes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students solve for the volume of three-dimensional figures such as cubes, prisms, and cylinders with these interactive flashcards.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Building Blocks [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of area, surface area and volume.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Thinking Outside the "Box"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will find the area of each two dimensional figure on a net of a rectangular prism. In groups, students will cut out the net and create a rectangular prism. Groups will then discuss how to find the lateral area and the total...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying and Naming 3 D Figures

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video briefly shows and describes a cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism, and a cylinder and then determines what 3D figure is shown through process of...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Vertices Edges and Faces in 3 D Shapes

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video briefly defines the 3D figure given including the edge, face, and vertices, followed by determining the number of vertices in the rectangular prism. The...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Stuff It!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students learn to calculate volume of a sphere and a rectangular prism. They explore methods of determining how many volleyballs can be placed in a room.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume With Fractions

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice finding the volume of rectangular prisms that have fractional side lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume by Multiplying Area of Base Times Height

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Find the volume of a rectangular prism by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the figure. Measurements include fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Unit Plan
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.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder

For Students 6th - 8th
Use prior knowledge of a rectangular prism to determine the formula of a cylinder. Check for understanding with the assessment at then end of lesson.
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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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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decompose Figures to Find Volume

For Students 4th - 6th
Find the volume of irregular 3D figures 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, watch a video or...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Determining Surface Area With Unit Blocks

For Students 6th - 8th
Use your spatial reasoning skills to calculate the surface area when given a 3D figure. This video focuses on a right rectangular prism and shows you how unit blocks can help you visualize, then calculate the surface area. This video was...
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Activity
History is Fun

Jan Brett: Geometric Solids Flashcards Pdf

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages to practice learning your basic three dimensional geometric solids. Fold them in half and one side shows the shape while the other side shows the shape with the correct name. Put them...

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