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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume of Rectangular Prisms With Unit Cubes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find volume of 3-dimensional figures by counting unit cubes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Volume Units

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This lesson introduces the units of distance (cubed units) used to describe volume. Students watch a video tutorial and then can take an online quiz.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compare Volumes With Unit Cubes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Comparing Volumes With Unit Cubes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice comparing volumes with unit cubes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
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Interactive
PBS

Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
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Activity
BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Volume

For Students 6th - 8th
Pick up some valuable pointers on how to figure out the volume of various shapes. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an online "Test Bite" and check your understanding.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Surface Area and Volume:prisms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Drexel University is a detailed explanation of area and volume for those who have trouble with the concept and need an explanation of how they are related and their differences, and other basic concepts for a clear...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.md Box of Clay

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This task provides an opportunity to compare the relative volumes of boxes in order to calculate the mass of clay required to fill them. Aligns with 5.MD.C.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Finding the Volume of a Cube or Box

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn how to solve the volume of a cube or box on this site. See how the formula is used to find the volume of the shape.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site students use proportions to explore how volume is effected by dimension changes. This hands-on activity can be done individually or in pairs.
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Handout
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

International System of Units: Si Base Units

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the definitive source for information on SI base units, derived units, squares, cubes, luminosity, field strength and flux density.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: New Boxes From Old

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Faq, Geometric Figures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page brings you to a table of contents of three-dimensional figures. Selecting a figure will bring you to a page defining and illustrating the figure with applicable formulas listed.