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Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Irregular Surface Area Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will be engaged by this assignment that has them estimating the areas of irregular surfaces. This includes computing the area of rectangles, triangles, and circles.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers explore surface area and volume through this lesson and worksheet activity.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Defining Geometric Figures

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site provides an in-depth definition of a two-dimensional figure and a three-dimensional figure. Related terms include arcs, vertices, polygon, and many more.
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Lesson Plan
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Los Poliedros Regulars Y La Esfera

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive resources and activities dealing with properties and characteristic of the five polyhedrons and the sphere.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Mathopolis: Volume and Surface Area of Prisms

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice finding the surface area and volume of some three-dimensional prisms.
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Interactive
Other

Csg Network: Csg Surface Area Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these calculator tools to find the surface area in cubic units of a cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, or sphere.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Areas De Cuerpos Geometricos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Interactive resources and activities that could be used in the classroom either as an introduction or review to a unit dealing with the area of three dimensional figures.
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Classifying Polygons and Finding Perimeters

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Assess learning of polygons and perimeters with this interactive multiple choice practice and quiz activity. Click the question mark for hints.
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eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Pyramids, Prisms, Cylinders and Cones

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides an explanation, examples, and video lessons all related to area and volume of pyramids, prisms, cylinders, and cones.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of finding the surface area of prisms and cylinders.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of finding the surface area of pyramids and cones.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Recognize a Cube and a Rectangular Prism

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Test your knowledge of rectangular prisms and cubes.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Area by Counting Squares

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Determine the area of a shape.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Area of Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Test your knowledge of the area of quadrilaterals.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Area of a Triangle

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Determine the area of a triangle.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Estimate the Area of Shapes

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Test your knowledge of determing the area of irregular shapes.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Geometry 3 D Shapes: Polyhedra, Prisms, and Pyramids

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An introduction to a type of three-dimensional shape called a polyhedron. See examples and play with an interactive animation, showing the faces, vertices, and edges of pyramids, which are a type of polyhedron.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Geometry 3 D Shapes: Platonic Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about platonic solids, a special type of polyhedra. Read a definition, make three-dimensional models using printouts, and play with an interactive animation, which will show you the faces, vertices, and edges on platonic solids:...
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems Areas and Volumes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for area and volume problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.
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Interactive
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Surface Area of a Right Prism

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive tool to find the surface area of a right prism. Try different figures for the height and the dimensions of the prism to see how these affect the surface area. Properties of right prisms are explained, how to use a...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume and Surface Area Word Problems

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Solve word problems involving volume and surface area involving 3D shapes, including composite figures. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Prisms

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students learn about the properties of a prism, some different types, and the formulas for surface area and volume. Includes an interactive prism and multiple-choice questions.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Surface Area of Cylinders Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice solving for the surface area of a cylinder using given values, and solve to find values for variables.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Triangles to Tetrahedra

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Given an unlimited number of a specific type of equilateral, isosceles, and right triangles create as many tetrahedra as are possible. Includes printout.