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Calculator Soup: Cube Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to calculate unknown variables for a cube such as a side length, face diagonal, solid diagonal, surface area, and volume.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Density Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Solve problems concerning real-world situations using your knowledge of volume, surface area, and density. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Exploring Cavalieri's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars use the geometry program GeoGebra to explore Cavalieri's Principle, specifically to investigate whether it applies when calculating the volume of oblique solids. Lesson...
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Calculator Soup: Square Pyramid Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Rectangular Prism Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides an online rectangular prism calculator. Using any three of the six attributes (length, width, height, surface area, volume or diagonal), students can calculate the other three attributes. The calculator allows students...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Popcorn Bucket or Box?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Nifty Nets

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
During this activity, students 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 result...
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University of Edinburgh: Glossary of Introductory Computer Graphics Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, from the University of Edinburgh, provides a lengthy glossary of computer graphics terms written by Olin Lathrop, author of "The Way Computer Graphics Work". This site provides simple definitions of basic terms; no graphics...
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Calculator Soup: Triangular Prism Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Calculator Soup: Sphere Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the 3 unknown values of a sphere given any 1 known variable including radius r, surface area A, volume V and circumference C. It will also give the answers for volume, surface area, and circumference...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Capsule Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a capsule given any 2 known variables including radius r, side length a, surface area S, volume V and circumference C.