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Intermediate Matching -- Shapes
Students match the following 10 shapes by drawing a line from their names to their pictures: circle, square, rectangle, cylinder, cube, sphere, oval, triangle, octagon and hexagon. This geometry activity provides excellent practice for...
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Solid Figures
For this solid figures worksheet, 5th graders are given six objects in which they are asked to chose which solid figure each object looks like. Students are provided a visual of each solid figure.
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Volume and Surface Area
In this volume and surface area worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include using spheres to examine changes in volume and surface area. First, they complete the chart shown using the formulas given....
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Volume Word Problems
In this volume worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different word problems that include determining the volume in each one. First, they determine the ratio of their radius given the cubic meters of a sphere. Then, students determine the...
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Shapely Figures
Students are given magazines, scissors, glue, and one sheet of construction paper. They look for pictures showing real life representations of rectangular prisms, spheres, cones, and pyramids. Pupils cut out pictures showing each of...
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Solid Figures Sort
First graders use Kidspiration to sort solid figures by the number of faces. They work in pairs with a set of solid figures. Students sort them according to the number of faces, or whether or not it can roll, slide, be stacked. Students...
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History and the Approximations of pi
Middle schoolers investigate Pi. In this mathematics lesson, learners discuss the history of Pi and determine how the approximation of Pi was discovered.
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Geometric Shapes: Which Item?
Which item is shaped like a cone? Give learners a chance to compare shapes, determining which item represents the prompted shape or figure (and which don't). Through 4 multiple-choice questions, scholars identify a cone, a cube, a...
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Spheres
In this geometry worksheet, students complete a chart that compares the surface area and volume of a sphere. There are 21 blanks to complete on the chart.
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Spheres Multiple Choice
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions concerning the volume and surface area of various spheres.
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Draw Shapes
In this shapes worksheet, students draw different shapes including a cone, a cylinder, and a sphere. Students complete 6 shapes total.
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Identifying Shapes: Cubes, Triangles, Cones and Spheres
In this identifying shapes activity, 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
In 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
In this vectors worksheet, students 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 passes...
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Squares
In this squares worksheet, 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
In this geometric shapes activity, 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 the...
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Finding Volume
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
In this solids 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. Then, students...
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Volume and Surface Area
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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Yummy Shapes
Students explore space shapes learning about edges, corners, and faces. They enjoy shape soup as a culminating activity.
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The Inscribed Cube Problem
In this geometry instructional activity, 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 instructional activity contains one...
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Rolling Spheres on Inclined Planes
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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Sort It Out and Match It Up
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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Wolfram Math World: Spherical Coordinates
This site provides a general overview of spherical coordinates, the system of curvilinear coordinates which describes positions on a sphere or spheroid.