General Information
Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.
Test Item Specifications
Numbers in items must be positive rational numbers. Three-dimensional figures are limited to rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, rectangular pyramids, and triangular pyramids.
No
Allowable
Sample Test Items (4)
Test Item # | Question | Difficulty | Type |
Sample Item 1 | A net is shown. What three-dimensional figure is represented by the net?
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N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
Sample Item 2 | A net is shown. What three-dimensional figure is represented by the net?
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N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
Sample Item 3 | The surface area of a rectangular prism is 115 square inches. The net of the prism is
shown.
What are the possible dimensions of the prism?
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N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
Sample Item 4 | Carl is shipping a cardboard box that is a rectangular prism. The net of Carl's box is shown. What is the area of cardboard, in square inches, required for Carl's box? |
N/A | EE: Equation Editor |
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Related Resources
Formative Assessments
Name | Description |
Windy Pyramid | Students are asked to use a net to find the surface area of a triangular pyramid. |
Rust Protection | Students are asked to use a net to find the surface area of a rectangular prism. |
Pyramid Project | Students are asked to draw a net of a three-dimensional figure. |
Skateboard Ramp | Students are asked to draw a net of a three-dimensional figure. |
Lesson Plans
Name | Description |
Who's Your Match? | Students will be able to match a 3-D shape with its net, then using the net, they will find the surface area of the shape. They will then be able to apply this knowledge to solve real world application problems, finishing up with a design contest. |
Who's Your Match? | Students will be able to match a 3-D shape with its net, then using the net, they will find the surface area of the shape. They will then be able to apply this knowledge to solve real world application problems, finishing up with a design contest. |
How Much Paint Will It Take? | This is a guided inquiry lesson to help students gain greater understanding of the relationship between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Students create right rectangular and triangular prisms and problem-solve how to find the flat 2-dimensional surface area. Students are asked to figure out how many party favors (prisms) can be painted with a quart of glow-in-the-dark paint. |
Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids | In this lesson students will find the surface area of three-dimensional figures. Students will use nets made up of rectangles and triangles to calculate the surface area of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and square pyramids. |
Wrapping Up Geometry (Surface Area of Triangular Prisms) | This lesson is designed to take students from recognizing nets of triangular prisms and finding areas of their individual faces, to finding the surface area of triangular prisms. |
Wrapping Up Geometry (Lesson 1 of 2) | This lesson is the first of two in a unit on surface area. This lesson provides a foundation for understanding the concept of surface area by introducing nets of right rectangular prisms. |
Netty People and Pets | Students will learn what the "net" of a three-dimensional figure is, draw nets of right-rectangular prisms and right-rectangular prisms, accurately calculate the surface area of nets, and put nets together to create an original “person” or “pet.” |
Hands-On! Rectangular Prisms | Students create surface area nets with graph paper and work with manipulative cubes to decide if there is a relationship between surface area and volume in rectangular prisms. |
What's on the Surface? | In this activity, students will work in groups to evaluate the measurements of shapes that form three-dimensional composite shapes to compute the surface area. |
Who's Your Match? | Students will be able to match a 3-D shape with its net, then using the net, they will find the surface area of the shape. They will then be able to apply this knowledge to solve real world application problems, finishing up with a design contest. |
Building a Tree House | This MEA will have students determining the safest and most cost effective material to use when building a tree house.They will do this by calculating surface area and determining cost. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx |
Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids | In this lesson students will find the surface area of three-dimensional figures. Students will use nets to calculate the surface area of right rectangular prisms and right rectangular pyramids. |
How Much Paint Will It Take? | This is a guided inquiry lesson to help students gain greater understanding of the relationship between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Students create right rectangular prisms and problem-solve how to find the flat 2-dimensional surface area. Students are asked to figure out how many party favors (prisms) can be painted with a quart of glow-in-the-dark paint. |
Box It Up, Wrap It Up (Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms) | In this introductory lesson to surface area, students will make connections between area of two-dimensional figures and calculating the surface area of rectangular prisms using nets, within the context of wrapping birthday presents! Math is Fun :) |
Wrapping Up Geometry (Lesson 2 of 2) | This lesson is 2 of 2 and is primarily formative in nature, but includes a summative assessment for students to take during the following class period. During the lesson, students will be reviewing for their assessment on the surface area formula for a right rectangular prism.
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Lola's Landscaping MEA | In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students are asked to develop a procedure to fit the most amount of rectangular prism plant packages on one sheet of cardboard, using nets and surface area. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
Formula Detective: Finding the Surface Area of a 3D Figure | This lesson allows students to derive the formulas for 3D figures by having them build models for nets. |
Analyzing Polyhedra | Students will construct several simple polyhedra, then count the number of faces, edges, and vertices. These data should suggest Euler's formula. |
Boxing Candles | In this MEA, students select jars for candles based on a variety of factors and then design boxes to contain the jars. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
What's on the Surface? | In this activity, students will work in groups to evaluate the measurements of shapes that form three-dimensional composite shapes to compute the surface area. |
Problem-Solving Task
Name | Description |
Surface Area and Volume | In this activity, students adjust the dimensions of either a rectangular or triangular prism and the surface area and volume are calculated for those dimensions. Students can also switch into compute mode where they are given a prism with certain dimensions and they must compute the surface area and volume. The application keeps score so students can track their progress. This application allows students to explore the surface area and volume of rectangular and triangular prisms and how changing dimensions affect these measurements. This activity also includes supplemental materials, including background information about the topics covered, a description of how to use the application, and exploration questions for use with the java applet. |
Student Center Activity
Name | Description |
Edcite: Mathematics Grade 6 | Students can practice answering mathematics questions on a variety of topics. With an account, students can save their work and send it to their teacher when complete. |
Tutorials
Name | Description |
Nets of 3-Dimensional Figures | This video demonstrates how to construct nets for 3-D shapes. |
Finding Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism | This video demonstrates using a net to find surface area. |
Unit/Lesson Sequences
Name | Description |
Using Surface Area and Volume to Design Candy Cartons | In these two 50-minute lessons, students will work in pairs or small groups to design cartons that can contain specifically sized candies. Upon completion of these lessons, students will have selected appropriate mathematical models for an unstructured problem, identified constraints and variables, and worked with two and three dimensional shapes to solve a problem involving capacity and surface area. |
Three Dimensional Shapes | In this interactive, self-guided unit on 3-dimensional shape, students (and teachers) explore 3-dimensional shapes, determine surface area and volume, derive Euler's formula, and investigate Platonic solids. Interactive quizzes and animations are included throughout, including a 15 question quiz for student completion. |
Student Resources
Student Center Activity
Name | Description |
Edcite: Mathematics Grade 6: | Students can practice answering mathematics questions on a variety of topics. With an account, students can save their work and send it to their teacher when complete. |
Tutorials
Name | Description |
Nets of 3-Dimensional Figures: | This video demonstrates how to construct nets for 3-D shapes. |
Finding Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism : | This video demonstrates using a net to find surface area. |