Three Dimensional Box Applet: Working With Volume
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This interactive Java applet supports students investigating the folded box problem (maximizing the volume of a rectangular prism). Learners drag corner cutouts, and watch the animated box fold up. The dimensions and the volume and surface area are reported. Ten different grid sheets can be used.
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- Mathematics > General
- Education > General
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Visualization,Grade 6,NSDL,Area,Addition,Spatial sense,Express regularity,Representation,Number concepts,Arithmetic,Transformations,Concept formation,Plane geometry,Number and operations,Visual representation,Algebra,Physics,Grade 5,Volume,Model with mathematics,Multiplication,Connections,Informal Education,Whole numbers,Middle School,NSDL_SetSpec_ncs-NSDL-COLLECTION-000-003-112-027,Geometry,Comparison of numbers,Practice Standards,Length,Education,Solid geometry,Modeling,Reason quantitatively,Algebraic thinking,Decimals,Operations,Systems of measurement,Surface area,Upper Elementary,Mathematics,Prisms,Elementary School,Measurement,Process skills,oai:nsdl.org:2200/20140728160532205T,NonstandardLanguage:
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NoneThis interactive Java applet supports students investigating the folded box problem (maximizing the volume of a rectangular prism). Learners drag corner cutouts, and watch the animated box fold up. The dimensions and the volume and surface area are reported. Ten different grid sheets can be used.
