UNIT IX: Polygons and Circles
UNIT VIII: Investigating Right Triangles
UNIT X: Surface Area and Volume
Activities- 1 Argyll: Nets and Skeletons
Description - 2 FigureThis: Comparing Volume of Cylinders
This lesson seed can be used to introduce volume with a hands-on activity. - 3 FigureThis: Real-World Surface Area - Ice Cubes
This lesson seed demonstrates the effect of surface area in a real-world setting. - 4 Mdk12: Using Similar Solids
This site contains lesson ideas for teaching similar solids as well as practice problems. - 5 RegentsPrep: Determining Volumes of Similar Solids
This site provides lesson ideas for teaching similar solids. - 6 Surface Areas
This site contains a four page worksheet covering surface area. - 7 TeacherSource: Capacity of the Planets
This lesson seed will allow students to apply spherical volume formulas to real-world examples. eTools- 8 MathOpenRef: Regular Polygon(also Equiangular Polygon)
This site provides an animation of regular polygons as well as a definition. - 9 MathsNet: Nets
his site provides animated views for using nets to construct polyhedra. - 10 NLVM: Platonic Solids
This virtual manipulative allows students to investigate the five platonic solids from multiple viewpoints. - 11 Shodor: Volume and Surface Area Computation
This web-based review allows students to calculate the volume and surface area of triangular and rectangular prisms of various dimensions. - 12 Sketchpad: 3D Gallery
Description - 13 Sketchpad: 3D invisibility toolkit
Description - 14 Sketchpad: Icosahedron demo
Description - 15 Sketchpad: Plotting 3D Toolkit
Description - 16 WisWeb: Building Blocks
Web-based game that allows students to manipulate volume. May be used as an extension activity. - 17 WisWeb: Building Blocks II
Web-based game that allows students to manipulate volume. May be used as an extension activity. Quizzes and Tests- 18 RegentsPrep: Practice with Volumes of Similar Solids
This site allows students interactive practice on similar solids. - 19 RegentsPrep: Working with Volume of Solids
This site contains interactive problems on calculating the volume of solids. Technology Based Activity- 20 Sketchpad: Construct nets for platonic solids
Description Tutorials- 21 AnalyzeMath: How to construct a frustum?
This site develops the mathematical formulas associated with the frustum of a cone. - 22 EngineersEdge: Frustum of a Cone Volume Equation
This site provides the formula for calculating the volume of the frustum without the original height of the cone. - 23 HighPointsMath: Similar Figures
This site provides background information on similar figures, but does not continue to solids. - 24 Illuminations: Nets and solids
This site contains nets for a variety of geometric solids. - 25 JimLoy: Regular Solids
This provides an in depth examination of regular solids and includes lesson/project ideas. - 26 KorthalsAltes: Paper Models of Polyhedra
This site contains a variety of paper models for use in constructing polyhedra. - 27 MathForum: Pyramid
This site provides the formulas for working with both the pyramid and its frustum. - 28 MathWords: Area of a Regular Polygon
This site examines the process of calculating the area of regular polygons. - 29 MathWords: Frustum of a Cone or Pyramid
This site provides both the volume and surface area formulas for the frustum. - 30 MathWorld: Platonic Solid
This site examines the properties of the the platonic solids. - 31 RegentsPrep: Comparison of Volumes of Similar Solids
This site contains a brief review on calculating the volume of similar solids. - 32 RegentsPrep: Volume and Surface Area
This site contains examples of surface area and volume problems. - 33 UGA: Volume of a Frustum of a Cone
This site provides an overview into finding the volume of a frustum of a cone. Video Segments- 34 Areas of Similar Figures
This video from Discovery Education demonstrates the concept of similarity in areas (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 35 Defining Properties of 3D Figures (DE streaming)
From methods of geometric construction to three-dimensional figures to properties of triangles to representations and transformations, this video introduces middle school students to more advanced properties and concepts of geometry (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 36 Example 1: Surface Area -- Boxes and Cans
This video from Discovery Education demonstrates how nets are used in manufacturing (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 37 Review: Surface Area and Volume
This video from Discovery Education reviews the concepts of surface area and volume (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 38 Section E: Surface Area
This video from Discovery Education examine the concept of surface area (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 39 Section F: Volume
This video from Discovery Education examines the concept of volume (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 40 Similarity of Polygons and Solids
This video from Discovery Education provides an overview to similar solids (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 41 Surface Area and Volume
This video from Discovery Education demonstrates the applications of surface area and volume in real-world situations (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 42 Volumes of Similar Figures
This video from Discovery Education demonstrates scale factors (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student).
UNIT XI: Non-Euclidean Geometry
UNIT XII: End of the Year Algebra Review
eTools- 1 Absolute Value Functions
This applet allows the user to explore absolute value functions by comparing the graphs of f(x) and h(x) = |f(x)| Quizzes and Tests- 2 Exponents Practice Test
This link contains a practice test for exponents and provides students with immediate feedback. Reviews- 3 Exponent Review
Defines exponents. - 4 Holt Geo Algebra Refresher
Description - 5 Rational Functions
This link reviews the definition of rational functions. - 6 Simplifying Rational Expressions
This link provides a review for simplifying rational expressions. Technology Based Activity- 7 Absolute value
This tool will enable the user to solve an absolute value equation or inequality - 8 Steps for Solving a System Graphically
This tool will enable the user to solve a system of equations. - 9 Steps to Factor
This tool will enable the user to factor. It will be especially helpful when working on multiple choice problems. Tutorials- 10 Simplifying Radicals
This is a resource with tutorials for simplifying radicals, some practice problems, and a description of a "millionaire" game to play with the class. - 11 Solving and Interpreting Absolute Value Expressions and Equations
A National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) resource, this interactive tutorial contains guided practice solving and interpreting absolute value expressions and equations. - 12 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
A National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) resource, this interactive tutorial contains guided practice for solving quadratic equations by factoring. - 13 Solving Sytems (all methods)
This website provides a detailed review on solving systems of equations using graphing, substitution, and elimination. - 14 The Quadratic Formula
A National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) resource, this interactive tutorial contains information about the quadratic formula, exact and approximate solutions, the discriminant, and the discriminant and x-intercepts. Video Segments- 15 Absolute Value and Solving Equations (DE streaming)
Students are introduced to absolute value, using a number line as reference. They are then challenged to use what they learned about absolute value to solve equations (Student Login: hcpss_student, Password: student). - 16 Function Terminology
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