Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Reading Passage: Surface Area
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining how to calculate surface area. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed...
Other
Calculating the Surface Area of a Cone
This site explains a method for finding the surface area of a cone. It has several plane geometry formulas.
Other
Mr. Pitonyak's Pyramid Puzzle
Students estimate the cost of building an Egyptian pyramid with modern materials and ancient building methods in this math project.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Mathopolis: Volume and Surface Area of Prisms
Practice finding the surface area and volume of some three-dimensional prisms.
Other
Csg Network: Csg Surface Area Calculator
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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Sprk: Sphero Hydro Hypothesis Stem Challenge [Pdf]
SPRK STEM challenges are fun, interactive activities that challenge students to use creativity and team-work to move through simple steps of the design process in order to build Sphero-based creations. The Hydro-hypothesis challenge...
Math Planet
Math Planet: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids, Prisms, Cylinders, and Cones
Explanation of surface area and the volume of pyramids, prisms, cylinders, and cones through examples and a video lesson. [1:44]
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Areas De Cuerpos Geometricos
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.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Strange Soap
Investigate the behavior of a soapy bubble solution, and find out why bubbles move, and ultimately pop.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Surface Area
Determine the surface area with this step by step lesson then test yourself.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Surface Area
The online assessment displays knowledge of concepts used in Geometry. The multiple choice questions test learners on calculating the surface area of solid figures.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
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.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone.: Lesson 4
This lesson explains how to write a formula for the surface area of a cone. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone.."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone: Lesson 6
This lesson explains how to write a formula for the surface area of a cone.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Rectangular Prism Calculator
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area of Cylinders
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the surface area of cylinders using formulas
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Surface Area Using Nets
In this exercise, students practice finding the surface area using nets. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Hot on the Trail
Learn what affect changing temperature has in regards to chemical reactions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Composite Solids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find a composite solid's volume and surface area. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fuel Mystery Dis Solved!
In this activity, students investigate the simulated use of solid rocket fuel by using an antacid tablet. Students observe the effect that surface area and temperature has on chemical reactions. Also, students compare the reaction time...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: New Boxes From Old
Students find the volume and surface area of a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box), and then figure out how to convert that box into a new, cubical box having the same volume as the original. As they construct the new, cube-shaped box...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Boxes Go Mobile
To display the results from the previous activity, each student designs and constructs a mobile that contains a duplicate of his or her original box, the new cube-shaped box of the same volume, the scraps that are left over from the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Estimating Measurements and Using Formulas: Surface Area
Given application problems involving lateral or total surface area the student will estimate measurements and solve the problems.