Area, Surface Area, and Volume
Module 5: Area, Surface Area, and Volume
Menu of items for this topic
Vocabulary-- click HERE to access math dictionary to look up any of these words
Perimeter
Area
Volume
angle
triangle
quadrilateral
parallelogram
trapezoid
rectangle
square
perpendicular
parallel
segment
length of segment
Topic A: Area of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Polygons (6.G.A.1)
Lesson 1: Area of Parallelograms Through Rectangle Facts
LZ1058-- How to find the area of a parallelogram by relating it to a rectangle
Lesson 2: Area of Right Triangles
LZ1883-- Finding the area of a right triangle
Lesson 3-4: Area of All Triangles Using Height and Base
Video: How to find area of any triangle
Lesson 5: Area of Polygons Through Composition and Decomposition
LZ1061-- Using regular shapes to find the area of irregular polygons
Lesson 6: Area in the Real World
Problem solving using area. (1 problem)
Topic B: Polygons on the Coordinate Plane (6.G.A.3)
Lesson 7: Distance on the Coordinate Plane
LZ1068 Finding distance on a coordinate plane
Lesson 8: Drawing Polygons in the Coordinate Plane
LZ1065 Drawing Polygons using coordinates on a coordinate plane
Lesson 9: Determining Perimeter and Area of Polygons on the Coordinate Plane
LZ1066 Finding area/perimeter of polygons on a coordinate plane
Practice problems finding area and perimeter
Lesson 10: Distance, Perimeter, and Area in the Real World
Quadrilateral area/perimeter problems- practice
MID-MODULE ASSESSMENT AFTER THIS TOPIC
Looking at surface area and volume- viewing 3D shapes
Topic C: Volume of Right Rectangular Prisms (6.G.A.2)
Lesson 11: Volume with Fractional Edge Lengths and Unit Cubes
LZ1799-- Review: Count cubes to find Volume
LZ1062-- Volume of rectangular prism using cubes
Volume of rectangular prism with fractional measurements
Volume with fractional units-- practice problems
Lesson 12: From Unit Cubes to Formulas for Volume
LZ1063-- Volume of rectangular prism by developing a formula
Lesson 13: The Formulas for Volume
Formulas for several 3D shapes
Lesson 14: Volume in the Real World
Word problems: Rectangular prisms
Topic D: Nets and Surface Area (6.G.A.2, 6.G.A.4)
Lesson 15: Representing Three-Dimensional Figures Using Nets
LZ1219- Identifying 3D figures with nets
Identifying 3D figures using nets- practice
Great site to explore mentally folding up nets to make a cube
Explore several 3D shapes and nets
Lesson 16: Constructing Nets
LZ1220- Rectangular prisms
LZ1223- Triangular prisms
Site to view 3D objects and their nets
Create your own nets
Lesson 17: From Nets to Surface Area
LZ1221- Using congruent faces to find surface area of a rectangular prism
LZ1222- Surface area of rectangular prisms
LZ1224- Surface area of triangular prisms
Video- Using nets to find surface area
Using nets to find surface area- practice
Lesson 18: Determining Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures
See videos in lesson 17
Video, virtual manipulative, question set, and problems to work out at this site
Finding surface area- practice
Lesson 19: Surface Area and Volume in the Real World
LZ1226- Word problems involving surface area
LZ1486- Using area, surface area, and volume
Lesson 19a: Add-on Lesson for modeling-- Applying Surface Area and Volume to Aquariums (optional lesson)