Description

Practice finding volume and surface area with this hands-on nets Holiday ornaments activity! Students will create a 3D shape from one of 8 ornament nets and then measure and calculate the volume and surface area. The included worksheet guides students through the calculations.

Your students will enjoy this activity’s Christmas theme while gaining hands-on experience identifying 3D shapes, folding nets, and calculating volume and surface area.

Before attempting this activity, students should be able to find the area of squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. They’ll also need to know how to find the volume of prisms (rectangular and triangular), pyramids (square and triangular bases), and cylinders.

The cylinders can be easily removed if you haven’t covered these yet.

What’s Included:

• 8 Ornament Nets – including prisms, pyramids, and cylinders
• Volume and Surface Area Calculation Worksheet

What you’ll need:

• Rulers
• Glue/Tape
• Colored Pencils/Markers
• Optional – Yarn/String to create a loop to hang the ornament