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Mathematics — Grade 7
Goal 3, Objective 3.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Surface area of rectangular prisms
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.5
- In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate the surface area of flattened cardboard boxes and discuss how the concept of surface area is important in various careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.
- Post-EOG activities: Student products
- In this project, students will become entrepreneurs. They will have a business that makes items with 3-dimensional shapes. They will receive various tasks that will require that they make decisions as any other business owner would have to do.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Geneva Williams.
- Investigating surface area
- This is a hands on lesson best used to introduce geometry students to 3-dimensional figures. Students will have the opportunity to draw 3-dimensionally and create collapsible figures which can be used to develop the standard surface area formulas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Jennifer Bronzini.
- Geometry charades
- The students will physically act out and demonstrate the meanings of various given geometric terms.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
Resources on the web
- When is a cube not a cube?
- Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Some “Escher” drawings
- Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Purple Prisms
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate rectangular prisms using an online, interactive applet. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Polygon capture: A geometry game
- In this lesson, from Illuminations, students classify polygons according to more than one property at a time. They move from a simple description of shapes to an analysis of how properties are related, all in the context of an enjoyable game. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- The plus sign and triangle
- In this lesson, students explore the concepts of identity, inverse, commutativity, and associativity. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Patterns and functions
- In this lesson, students investigate properties of perimeter, area, and volume related to various geometric two- and three-dimensional shapes. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Moving cubes
- Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Mat Plans
- Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Mat plans
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore drawing a mat plan when given a three dimensional figure built from cubes. Students also explore building a three dimensional figure when given the mat plan. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Learning about length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using interactive figures: Side length and area of similar figures
- This two-part example illustrates how students can learn about the length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using dynamic figures. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- How steep can you be?
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the construction of a tool that will measure percent slope. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Go with green rectangles
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students manipulate 2-dimensional rectangles using an online interactive applet. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Finding surface area and volume
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an isometric drawing tool to build three-dimensional figures and then find the surface area and volume of each figure. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Finding satisfactory solutions
- Students apply creative solutions to problem solving in the context of a story problem. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fill'r up
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students can manipulate the scale factor that links two three-dimensional rectangular prisms and learn about the relationships between edge lengths and volumes. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Exploring the isometric drawing tool
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore using an isometric drawing tool and gain practice and experience in manipulating drawings. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics