Grades 8-12
Mathematics
Geometry
Standard 9

Students compute the volumes and surface areas of
prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres.


 
Resources
Lesson Plans
Assessments

Geometry 
Larson/Boswell/Stiff, 1995, 
D. C. Heath and Company

Section References

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

Math Blaster Geometry, Davidson & Associates, Inc. 1996
cd 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



Previously Published Data

1.) Students will measure and find the surface area and volume of various shapes in the classroom. 


2.) Students will find the surface area and volume of a cube and compare that with the volume of a pyramid with the same height and base. 
3.) Students will create a table to keep track of the various formulas, one shape for each row.


Previously Published Data

1.) Students will find the surface and volume of a given prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone, and sphere.