Surface Area Using Nets Jackie Majka

Ashley Martin

Jennifer Carmello

SUNY Fredonia

AMTNYS 2009

A net is a flattened out version of a figure that shows each face of the figure and can be “folded up” so that a 3-d figure is created.

When making a net for a 3-d figure, each face must touch another face along at least one edge, and all of the vertices must match up.

What is a Net?

π The City Skyline project is a great way to incorporate many mathematical concepts into a middle or high school classroom. For Example:

π Area

π Surface Area

π Volume

π Proportions

π Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

π The Buildings included in this project are:

City Skylines Project

HSBC Tower

Buffalo City Hall

Statler Towers

HSBC Atrium

Adam’s Mark Hotel

MaterialsConstruction Paper/Foam Board

Pencils/MarkersGraph PaperGlue/Tape

ScissorsRuler

Net for the United Nations Building

44 x 7 blocks44 x 7 blocks

22 x 44blocks

22 x 7blocks

22 x 44blocks

22 x 7blocks

UN Building

34 x 11blocks

34 x 11blocks

5 x 11blocks

2 x 11blocks

34 x 11blocks

2 x 11 blocks 9 x 11 blocks34 x 9blocks

Wall surrounding theUN Building

2 x 11 blocks

9 x 11 blocks

Google Earth

Statler Towers

HSBC Tower&

Buffalo City Hall

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Empire State

Building

Make It Take ItFriday 2 – 2:55pm

Richardson Room

Kodak Building

United Nations Building