Area, Surface Area, and Volume · Geometry

Nets and Surface Area

Using two dimensional nets to represent and calculate the surface area of three dimensional figures.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a 3D object be represented accurately in 2D space?
  2. 2What is the difference between the space inside a box and the material needed to make it?
  3. 3How do nets help us visualize the symmetry of a solid?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.6.G.A.4
Grade: 6th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Area, Surface Area, and Volume
Period: Geometry

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