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Below are the tech tools and resources that you, as a teacher, can use to aid in your teaching of Surface Area & Volume of Shapes. There is a brief description as well as an evaluation of each tool so that you can determine the best use of the tool in the classroom.
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Evaluation by Chelsea Tinney
This tech tool allows learners to compare the volume and surface area of different shapes as well as compare the same shape with different dimensions. Learners are able to see how changing the dimensions of a shape can affect the surface area and volume of the shape. This tool also allows learners to see the relationship between the length, width, and height of a shape.
Common Core Standards Covered: 7.G.B.6, 8.G.C.9
Math Interactives Exploring Surface Area, Volume and Nets.pdfEvaluation by Chelsea Tinney
This tech tool is a lesson plan for an introductory lesson into surface area and volume. The tool allows you to choose the standard alignment as well as the textbook alignment. There is an abundance of information provided for teachers to prepare for the lesson including prerequisites needed, teacher preparation, key terms, a lesson outline, and the interactive activity itself. In the explore mode the interactive activity shows either a rectangular or triangular prism where learners have control over the length, width and height. By changing these dimensions, learners are able to see how the volume and surface area will change. In the computer mode, learners are given the dimensions and must find the volume and surface area of the prism.
Common Core Standards Covered: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.1-2, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.3, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.G.A.1-4, 7.G.B.6
Interactive Surface Area and Volume.pdfEvaluation by Megan Sheptoski
In this video a fifth grade teacher, Ms. Noonan, works with her students to introduce and explore the concept of surface area. She builds on the ideas of simple and complex shapes and finding their areas. From here, she works with students to find the areas of shapes within the complex figures and adds them to find surface area. She uses great visuals in her introduction as well as promoting discussion between her students.
Common Core Standards Covered: 6.G.A.4, 7.G.B.6
Copy of Megan Sheptoski - Teaching Channel_ Surface Area.pdfEvaluation by Megan Sheptoski
This tool provides access to a lesson plan that introduces learners to the concept of volume and how to calculate volume. Reproducible handouts that supplement the lesson are also included.
Common Core Standards Covered: 6.G.A.2
Copy of Megan Sheptoski - Volume of 3-D Shapes.pdfEvaluation by Megan Sheptoski
This tool provides access to an instructional video that guides learners in finding volume of a right rectangular prism using fractional unit cubes. In addition, this video draws the link between the use of unit cubes and the traditional volume formula. This tool would pair nicely with the tool Interactive Surface Area and Volume seen above.
Common Core Standards Covered: 6.G.A.2
Copy of Megan Sheptoski - Unit Cube Volume Resource.pdfEvaluated by Megan Sheptoski
This link provides access to a resource page regarding surface area including a lesson plan, manipulative, self-assessment, and real-world problems.
Common Core Standards Covered: 6.G.A.4
Copy of Megan Sheptoski - Braining Camp_ Surface Area.pdfEvaluated by Megan Sheptoski
This tech tool allows learners an opportunity to see the relationship between nets and solid three dimensional figures. Tools allow you to color faces, edges and vertices, finding the relationship between each number. Additionally, learners are able to color the faces in a net and see where that face ends up when the three dimensional figure becomes a solid. Also, learners are able to create their own nets.
Common Core Standards Covered: 6.G.A.1-4, 7.G.B.6
Copy of Megan Sheptoski - Illuminations_ Geometric Solids.pdfCopy of Megan Sheptoski - XP Math_ Minecraft Volume.pdfReport abuse