Geometry: Surface Area & Volume

Tim Brzezinski, Jenny Secor, Jun 7, 2016

Surface Area & Volume Applets

Table of Contents

  1. Surface Area
    1. Net for a Rectangular Prism
    2. Right Triangular Prism!
    3. Adjustable Triangular Prism
    4. Right Circular Cylinder!
    5. Surface Area of a Square Pyramid
    6. Curved Surface Area of Cones (Combined Version)
    7. Net of a Cone
  2. Volume
    1. Volume of a Rectangular Prism
    2. Trisecting the Cube into 3 Pyramids
    3. Volume of Spheres
    4. Sphere Peeling: Volume
  3. Others
    1. All solids of Platon rotate

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Surface Area

  • 1. Net for a Rectangular Prism
  • 2. Right Triangular Prism!
  • 3. Adjustable Triangular Prism
  • 4. Right Circular Cylinder!
  • 5. Surface Area of a Square Pyramid
  • 6. Curved Surface Area of Cones (Combined Version)
  • 7. Net of a Cone

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Net for a Rectangular Prism

Explore the following rectangular prism by adjusting the sliders and moving the points shown on the screen.
Net for a Rectangular Prism
– Tim Brzezinski, Tom Healy

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Volume

  • 1. Volume of a Rectangular Prism
  • 2. Trisecting the Cube into 3 Pyramids
  • 3. Volume of Spheres
  • 4. Sphere Peeling: Volume

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Volume of a Rectangular Prism

An interactive tool to pack a right rectangular prism with cubes. 5.MD.4[br][br]There are a limitless supply of prisms. Hit the "Random" button for more.[br][br][b]Hit "SPIN" to get things started![/b][br][br][b](A BIG Thank you Ted Coe for making such an applet that fosters conceptual understanding of the true definition of volume within this context!) [/b]
– Tim Brzezinski, Ted Coe

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Others

  • 1. All solids of Platon rotate

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All solids of Platon rotate

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