What: Surface Area and

Nets
Objective: SWBAT calculate the
surface area by using nets and other
techniques with 80% accuracy.
What to Do When I Come In:
1.Sit down in my seat QUIETLY
2.Get out your Math Folder, Math Notebook and a
pencil.
3.Start writing down the date, the WHAT, and the
OBJ.
4.Wait quietly for the lesson to start.

Vocabulary
Nets: A pattern that you can cut and
fold to make a model of a solid
shape.
Surface Area: The total area of a 3-D
object

How do I find Surface Area?

1. By making a net.
3 in

4 in

1.

2.

2 in

Use the given lengths of the

original shape to find the length
and width of each side
Find the area of each rectangle
and the areas together to get
the total area of the surface of
this cube.

Try it on your own!

Find the surface area by drawing a
net in your math notebook.

5
in
3 in
2
in

You can make nets of other shapes

too!
A Square Pyramid s=5 h=4
Find the Surface Area by making a net.

How do I find Surface Area?

2. By using a formula (2 x s1+ 2 x s2 +
2 x s3)

Find the area of 3 of the

the sides and 3 in
multiply
2 in
4 in
each area by 2. You can
STEPS:
do this because every
1 Find the area of the front and the back (they will be
side
has
1
the same)
side.
2.Findequivalent
the area of the
top and bottom (they will be the
same)

Try it on your own!

Find the surface area using the
formula.

5
in
3 in
2
in