Students will learn how to solve problems involving area, volume, and surface area, where shapes and solids are comprised of polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
Watch these Khan Academy videos:
Volume and surface area word problems by Khan Academy
Next, give your students these challenges:
- Colouring Triangles by NRICH
- Triangular Hexagons by NRICH
Conclude by leading this investigation:
Addition Boomerang
by MathPickle
7.G.B.6: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.