Lesson Plan: Surface Areas of Prisms Mathematics

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This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find the lateral and total surface areas of different types of prisms using more than one formula.

Objectives

Students will be able to

find the lateral surface area of a given prism,
find the total surface area of a given prism.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

finding the surface area of cubes and rectangular prisms,
finding areas of 2D shapes:
- squares,
- rectangles,
- parallelograms,
- triangles,
- trapezoids,
- kites.