Sophia Learning
Sophia: Slant Height of a Pyramid: Lesson 1
This lesson will demonstrate how to find the slant height of a pyramid. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Slant Height of a Pyramid."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Volume of a Pyramid: Lesson 6
This lesson demonstrates how to find the volume of a pyramid. It is 6 of 10 in the series titled "Volume of a Pyramid."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Slant Height of a Pyramid: Lesson 4
This lesson will demonstrate how to find the slant height of a pyramid. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Slant Height of a Pyramid."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Faces, Edges, and Vertices of Solids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students identify faces, edges, and vertices of various solid figures. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Stack It Up!
Students analyze and begin to design a pyramid. Working in engineering teams, they perform calculations to determine the area of the pyramid base, stone block volumes, and the number of blocks required for their pyramid base. They make a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Choosing a Pyramid Site
Working in engineering project teams, students evaluate sites for the construction of a pyramid. They base their decision on site features as provided by a surveyor's report; distance from the quarry, river and palace; and other factors...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering: Simple Machines
Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier. Learners are introduced to the six types of simple machines - the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane, screw, and pulley - in the context of the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Powerful Pulleys
Learners continue to explore the story of building a pyramid, learning about the simple machine called a pulley. They learn how a pulley can be used to change the direction of applied forces and move/lift extremely heavy objects, and the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Geometry 3 D Shapes: Polyhedra, Prisms, and Pyramids
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.
BBC
Bbc History: Ancient History: Egyptians: Fall of the Egyptian Old Kingdom
A nice article giving reasons for the fall of the Old Kingdom. Among the reasons discussed are: weakness of centralized government, climatic changes and more. Archived.
Read Works
Read Works: Mystery of the Mayas
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a Mayan pyramid found in Mexico. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Classification of Solid Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn to classify solid figures. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Classification of Solid Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn to classify solid figures by using faces, edges and vertices. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Classification of Solid Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students classify different types of solid figures. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Volume of a Pyramid: Fluctuating Height
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will follow the directions to change the pyramid's height then click 'challenge me' to answer the question about the pyramid. Click 'learn more' to further explore pyramids.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Volume of a Pyramid
Use this interactive tool to find the volume of a pyramid. Try different figures for the height and the base to see how these affect the volume. Properties of pyramids are explained, how to calculate the volume using a formula, what an...
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Surface Area of a Pyramid
Use this interactive tool to find the surface area of a pyramid. Try different figures for the height and the base to see how these affect the area. Properties of a pyramid are discussed, how to use a formula to calculate the surface...
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Pyramid
Use this interactive tool to explore pyramids. Rotate the pyramid to view it from all sides. Increase the number of sides (even to well over 100) until it closely resembles a cone. The base can be made irregular and you can 'explode' the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the surface area of pyramids by using formulas
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a formula and given information to find the surface area of pyramids.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate surface area and volume of pyramids.
Other
The Ancient Egypt Site
"Explore more than 3.000 years of Ancient Egyptian history, from the end of prehistory at prehistory 3,000 BC to the closing BC the last Egyptian temple in 535/537 A.D."
BBC
Bbc: The Great Pyramid: Gateway to Eternity
Author provides a six page essay on the age of the Egyptian pyramids. Special attention is given to the Great Pyramid, the burial chamber, and the concept of life after death for the king who would ?spend eternity traversing the sky and...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Egypt: In the Land of the Pyramids Quiz
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over Egyptian Pyramids. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.