Surface Area and Volume
This lesson is a hands-on approach to differentiating between surface area and volume.

Luxor Hotel
Investigate the properties of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas.

Juice Box Volume
A hands-on lesson where students find the volume of a cylinder and must construct a rectangular prism that holds at least the same volume as the cylinder.  The lesson seems easily adjustable for other figures and for modification (less or more difficult).
 

Chicago Public Schools
44 pages loaded with lesson plans, examples, and assessments on surface and volume.  You only need to scroll to this topic.

Paper Folding
A paper folding activity that may help students understand the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.

Edhelper
You only need to select appropriate topic and select create worksheet on the next page that follows.

Compare Volumes
This virtual manipulative shows how much fluid is filling a polyhedron and asks students to predict how high the fluid will rise if poured into a similar polyhedron with a different base area.

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