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Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area, A Sweet Activity

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Geometry.... sweet! Using sugar cubes, learners build rectangular prisms of different sizes and shapes. They glue them together and assess volume. Then they color the outer sides to visualize and compute surface area. To make a visceral...
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Curated OER

Volume of Cylinders

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Middle and high schoolers calculate the volume of cylinders. In this geometry lesson, learners differentiate between rectangular prisms and cylinders. They use the correct formula to solve for each solid.
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Curated OER

Liquid Volume

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Eighth and ninth graders calculate the volume of a rectangular prism and a cylinder. For this liquid volume lesson plan, pupils use formulas to calculate the volumes of cylinders and prisms and then they use water to determine the...
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Interactive
McGraw Hill

Volume of a Rectangular Prism

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Here is an online, self-check quiz that you can assign your math class as a self-evaluaton of their skills in calculating volume. Five rectangular prism volumes must be calculated. In some cases an image is provided, and in some, just...
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Curated OER

Volume Worksheet I

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this volume worksheet, students recognize three-dimensional figures, identify the proper volume formula, and then solve the equation by inserting information from a diagram into the formula. Students solve six equations.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Computing Volume Progression 4

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
This resource was written for the younger math learner, but finding the volume of an irregular solid is also a problem for algebra and geometry students. Based on Archimedes’ Principle, one can calculate the volume of a stone by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volume and Surface Area

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore volume and surface area. In this math lesson, students fill boxes with cubes to identify the volume of the boxes. Students discuss area.
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Worksheet
Raytheon

Geometry: Volume

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geometry instructional activity, 6th graders study comprehensive facts pertaining to volume and measurement of geometric, three-dimensional figures. Students solve for 59 problems showing their work.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Perimeter, Area, and Volume of a Rectangular Prism

For Students 5th - 7th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers answer ten mutliple choice questions by applying the formulas for finding the area, perimeter, and volume of a rectangular prism.
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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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculating Volume

For Students 4th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students complete 21 problems where they must find the volume of cubes and rectangular prisms. Since the formula for finding volume is such an important formula within geometry, this worksheet provides excellent...
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Worksheet
Math Drills

Volume and Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Your learners get solid practice calculating the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms with this learning exercise. There are ten versions of the activity for their enjoyment, and yours.
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Virginia Department of Education

Attributes of a Rectangular Prism

For Teachers 7th
A change is coming. Pupils use unit cubes to investigate how changes in the length, width, and/or height affects volume and surface area. They extend the results to write and test predictions on the effect of changing multiple sides on...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Volume of Rounded Objects

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
How much can different shapes hold? The answer varies depending on the shape and dimensions. Individuals learn the formulas for the volume of a sphere, cone, and cylinder. They apply the formulas to find the volume of these...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Volume of Composite Shapes

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
It's the parts that make the whole. Learners apply volume formulas to composite figures to find the total volume of the figure. Previous lessons in this series taught the methods for finding the volume and/or dimensions of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Volumes of Familiar Solids – Cones and Cylinders

For Teachers 8th Standards
Investigate the volume of cones and cylinders. Scholars develop formulas for the volume of cones and cylinders in the 10th lesson of the module. They then use their formulas to calculate volume.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Volume of Composite Solids

For Students 8th Standards
Take finding volume of 3-D figures to the next level. In the 22nd lesson of the series, learners find the volume of composite solids. The lesson the asks them to deconstruct the composites into familiar figures and use volume formulas.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

General Prisms and Cylinders and Their Cross-Sections

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
So a cylinder does not have to look like a can? By expanding upon the precise definition of a rectangular prism, the lesson develops the definition of a general cylinder. Scholars continue on to develop a graphical organizer for the...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism

For Teachers 7th Standards
Wrap up a activity on surface area with a resource that asks scholars to use the idea of wrapping paper to investigate surface area. They draw representations of rectangular prisms on graph paper to find the areas of the respective...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rectangular Prisms (D)

For Students 7th
In this volume and surface area activity, 7th graders find the volume and surface area for the rectangular prisms. Students solve 3 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rectangular Prisms (H)

For Students 7th
In this rectangular prisms worksheet, 7th graders find the volume and surface area of the rectangular prisms. Students solve 3 rectangular prisms problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rectangular Prisms (E)

For Students 6th - 8th
In this rectangular prisms worksheet, students find the volume and surface area for the rectangular prisms. Students solve 3 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rectangular Prisms (I)

For Students 5th - 7th
In this rectangular prisms worksheet, students find the volume and surface area for the rectangular prisms. Students solve 3 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volumes of Solids

For Students 7th - 9th
In this volume worksheet, 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. Four of...

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