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Measurement
Models for Volume and Surface Area
Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach

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Activity Set 10.3 Models for Volume and Surface Area
Models for prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones are constructed and their volumes and surface areas determined. Students are asked to examine, predict and determine volume relationships: half of a cone to a cone; spheres packed in boxes or cylinders; and surface area to volume.
Just for Fun: Soma Cubes
Interactive Applet: Filling 3-D Shapes

Elementary School Activity: Finding Areas on Geoboards