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Surface Area of Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify the properties of a sphere. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the surface area of spheres using the formula derived by nets. They identify the radius and diameter of the sphere.
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Draw Shapes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this shapes instructional activity, students draw different shapes including a cone, a cylinder, and a sphere. Students complete 6 shapes total.
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Geometry Skills

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this geometry skills worksheet, students examine 6 geometric figures and identify them as spheres, cylinders, cones, or cubes.
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Geometry Skills 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this geometry skills worksheet, students examine 6 geometric figures and identify them as spheres, cylinders, cones, or cubes.
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Identifying Shapes: Cubes, Triangles, Cones and Spheres

For Students 4th - 6th
For this identifying shapes worksheet, students tell which shapes in sets are named, choosing from cube, triangle, cone or sphere. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Vectors

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this vectors worksheet, students solve and complete 6 various types of problems. First, they find an equation of a sphere with a given center point and endpoint of a radius at the point. Then, students find the scalar and vector...
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Vectors

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this vectors worksheet, learners solve and complete 6 various types of problems. First, they find two unit vectors that are parallel to the given vector and illustrate. Then, students find parametric equations for the line that...
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Squares

For Students 10th
In this squares activity, 10th graders solve and complete 7 various types of problems. First, they divide a product of one with a square of the other. Then, students find the dimensions of a rectangle that will maximize the area. In...
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Working in 3-D Sudoku

For Students 7th
In this geometric shapes worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 8 different problems that include working in a 3-D sudoku puzzle. First, they determine the area of a circle of a sphere to the nearest tenth. Then, students determine...
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Finding Volume

For Students 10th
In this volume worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include various types of figures. First, they determine the volume of a prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone, and a sphere as shown. Then, students determine the surface...
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Volume and Surface Area of Solids

For Students 10th
In this solids instructional activity, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different word problems that include determining the volume and surface area of various solids. First, they determine the surface area of a cube as described....
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Volume and Surface Area

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume in each of the ten problems listed and write their measurements in terms of the larger amount. They find the volume of a sphere, a rectangular solid, and a cylinder....
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Discussion Sheet 1

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students determine the center and radius for the set of spheres. Then they consider two points and find the equation for the sphere.
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Yummy Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars explore space shapes learning about edges, corners, and faces. They enjoy shape soup as a culminating activity.
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Faces of a Cube

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify and correctly name three-dimensional solids; cones, spheres, and cubes. In this three-dimensional figures lesson, students  build a cube by matching colored square faces to a correct word. Students then explore...
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The Inscribed Cube Problem

For Students 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders are given the surface area of a cube that is inscribed in a sphere and must determine the surface area of the sphere.  The one page learning exercise contains one problem.  Solution is not...
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Rolling Spheres on Inclined Planes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine the distance of a sphere rolling down an incline.  In this physics lesson students participate in a lab that demonstrates how inclined planes make work easier. 
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Cylinders, Spheres and Prisms

For Students 4th - 5th
In this cylinder, spheres, and prisms worksheet, students identify given shapes as one of the above. A reference web site is given for additional activities. 
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Discovering Solids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson that is about the discovery of solids. They identify using shapes like cones, spheres, cylinders, and cubes in various different situations. Students explore the classroom in order to find examples of...
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Sort It Out and Match It Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify objects that are the same shape and size. They compare and contrast attributes of two-and three-dimensional objects using appropriate vocabulary. Pupils justify an extension of a geometric pattern to explain what was...
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Mars: Off the Charts--Until You Put It There

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the night sky and make illustrations which are shared in class the next day. Distinctions are made between the stars and the planets and views of the constellations for the season are made available. The work of early...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Models to Connect to and Understand Volume Formulas

For Students 7th - 8th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The student will use models to develop formulas and connect them to the volume of prisms, spheres, cylinders, pyramids, and cones.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Egg Math: Spherical Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains an experiment that demonstrates how transporting a tangent vector around a closed path on a sphere will cause it to come back twisted. [Requires Java.]
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Website
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Shapes Cluster

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A book, activities and experiments about the world of shapes.