Solid Geometry

Solid Geometry - http://www.hopepaul.com/kids/solidgeo/intro/intro_sw.htm Create your own three dimensional objects. Shapes include Cube, Cubo Octahedron, Decahedron, Dodecahedron, Dodecahedron Star, Double Hexagonal Pyramid, Dual Cube, Greeting Star, Hexagonal Prism, Hexagonal Pyramid, Hexahedron, Icosahedron, Icosa Star, Irregular Hexahedron, Large Decahedron, Large Dodecahedron, Obelisk, Octagonal Star, and many others. Needs Shockwave.

Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms - http://www.aaamath.com/geo79-surface-area-rec-prism.html

Surface Area Formulas - http://www.math.com/tables/geometry/surfareas.htm

How to Find the Surface Area of Basic 3-D Figures http://www.ehow.com/eHow/eHow/0,1053,2960,00.html

Dave's Math Tables: Areas, Volumes, Surface Areas http://www.sisweb.com/math/geometry/areasvols.htm formulas and diagrams

Manipula Math with JAVA - http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/index.html - The material presented is for middle school students, high school students, college students, and all who are interested in mathematics. You will find interactive programs that you can manipulate and a lot of animation that helps you to grasp the meaning of mathematical ideas.

Connecting Geometry - http://www.k12.hi.us/~csanders/topics.html - see chapter 7 for some solid geometry examples

Geometric Shapes in the World Around http://jh.collegestation.isd.tenet.edu/TAASMath/geolessonplan/geolessonplan.html

Cornell University Math & Science Gateway : mathematics http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Edu/MathSciGateway/math.asp 

FunBrain.com http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html 

Virtual Polyhedra http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html

Internet Educational Workbook http://www.inew.com/

Geometry Online http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/

Mathematics Lessons that are Fun! Fun!! Fun!!! http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ 

The Study of Shapes and their Properties http://www.phs.princeton.k12.oh.us/Public/proj/man/Page1.htm 

TOTALLY TESSELLATED http://library.advanced.org/16661/index2.html

MATH IN DAILY LIFE http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/

Investigating Tessellations : Using Activity Pattern Blocks http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/suzanne/active.html

Ivars Peterson's MathLand http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathland_archives.html

Jeffrey Branzburg
Supervisor of Instructional Technology
Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence, NY
jbranzburg@lawrence.k12.ny.us