Section References

11.1 Exploring Area and Perimeter

11.2 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles

11.3 Areas of Other Quadrilaterals

11.4 Areas of Regular Polygons

11.5 Circumference and Arc Length of Circles

11.6 Areas of Circles and of Regions of Circles

11.7 Extended Applications: Areas of Similiar Polygons

12.1 Exploring Solids

12.2 Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders

12.3 Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones

12.4 Volume of Prisms and Cylinders

12.5 Volume of Pyramids and Cones

12.6 Surface Area and Volume of Spheres

12.7 Extended Applications: Similar Solids

Software

Geometer's Sketchpad 3, 
Key Curriculum Press 
1995
floppy mac/windows

Specific Textbook 
Web Sites

http://www.glencoe.com/
sec/math/prealg/mathnet/

http://www.eduplace.com/
links/

http://www.eduplace.com/

http://www.hmco.com/
college/mathematics/
index.html

http://www.mcdougallittell
.com/

http://www.hmco.com/

http://www.SRA-4KIDS.com/

General Math 
Reference Sites

http://www.learner.org/
sami/view-category.php3
?category=math

http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

http://henson.austin.apple
.com/edres/curric.shtml

http://school.discovery.com/
schrockguide/index.html

http://www.EDsOasis.org/

http://www.math.com/

http://www.nea.org/grants/
free.html

http://www.wcom.com/
marcopolo/

http://www.udel.edu/sine/

http://dewey.chs.chico.k12
.ca.us/math.html

Free Stuff

http://www.nea.org/
grants/free.html

State/National Math 
Ed Organizations

http://www.nctm.org/

http://www.cde.ca.gov/

Calif. Dept. of Ed. Standards, Assessment, Ed. Reference.

Calculuator Reference Site

http://www.ti.com/
calc/docs/calchome.html

1.) Students will find the volume and surface area of the inside room. As part of the exercise, have them calculate how much paint it would take to paint the four walls (the lateral surface area of the room). 

1.) Students will calculate the perimeter of a figure.