Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prisms and Cylinders Tutorial
Explore the similarities between the volume of a cylinder and a prism.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prisms and Cylinders Tutorial
Compare a prism and a cylinder in order to determine the similarities of calculating the volume.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Prisms
What is a prism? Find a good definition and several example images, as well as formulas for finding the volume and surface area of a prism given measurements of its base and height.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: Light Dispersion Prisms
A tutorial which introduces students to the dispersion of light in more detail, and investigates the reasons why different frequencies of light bend or refract different amounts when passing through the prism.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Pizza (Italian) Restaurant: 3 D Space
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario. Those skills include identifying 3D objects, identifying the similarities and differences in prisms and pyramids, and drawing 3D shapes such as...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Prism
This MathWorld site defines many different types of prisms. It gives the formulas for the volume and area of a prism the site has many illustrations [Requires Java.]
York University
York University: Color and Color Vision
York University provides an index page to several other pages on the topic of color and color vision. The pages are part of an online "book." Many graphics and explanations.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: 3 D Shapes
This lesson describes three dimensional shapes and provides two interactive practice activities.
My Science Site
Prisms [Pdf]
Illuminate your classroom with this activity on prisms. Also includes additional experiments such as creating a water prism. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
Other
Personal Site: Prisms and Antiprisms
This site is a personal site that explains the difference between a prism and an antiprism. Pictures of a heptagonal prism and a heptagonal antiprism help illustrate this difference.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Architecture: Community Geometry
Identify architectural structures and objects in the community that represent different figures and types of geometry and mathematics.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Surface Area and Volume
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is a surface area and volume review for prisms, pyramids and cylinders.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Basic Geometry: 3 D Objects (Prisms, Cylinders, Cones, Spheres)
The geometry resource investigates three-dimensional objects. Objects include prisms, cylinders, cones, and spheres. Detailed examples and practice exercises are included.