University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: Rhetorical Devices" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address. Details that show ethos are blue while details that show logos are red, and details that show pathos are green. Click on any...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Solid Geometry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains notes, information, and practice finding surface area and volume of cubes and prisms.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Surface Area and Volume Test
[Free Registration/Login Required] This test may be given in classes learning about volume and surface area of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and cones.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: 3 D Shapes
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students learn about the following shapes: cone, prism and pyramid.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: A Rectangular Prism
This question and answer site discusses whether it is possible to have a retangular prism that has a volume greater than its surface area.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Three Dimensional Figures
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the characteristics of polyhedrons and asks students to classify figures according to the number of vertices, faces, and bases of the figures.
Optical Society
Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Release the Rainbow
A simple activity to demonstrate how light separates into colors when it passes through water acting as a prism.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "The Declaration of Sentiments" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Declaration of Sentiments." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show feminism are red, and details...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math Faq, Prism Formulas
This site defines what a prism is and gives formulas for surface area and volume. Contains related links.
Curated OER
Prisms
This physics department site explains how prisms work and their purpose in the dispersion of light. Explains the angle of deviation and includes an interactive form in which visitors calculate the angle of deviation and receive immediate...
Curated OER
Prisms
This physics department site explains how prisms work and their purpose in the dispersion of light. Explains the angle of deviation and includes an interactive form in which visitors calculate the angle of deviation and receive immediate...
Curated OER
Prisms
This physics department site explains how prisms work and their purpose in the dispersion of light. Explains the angle of deviation and includes an interactive form in which visitors calculate the angle of deviation and receive immediate...
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
Reekos Mad Scientist Lab: Light Refraction
Here are simple instructions for creating a prism using a glass of water, a small mirror, and a piece of paper.