Every 3d shape has a surface.  The total area of that shape is the surface area.  If the 3d shape is a polyhedron (something with flat faces) then it is usually pretty easy to find the total area of the surface:

Resources:

• What is a prism? Watch the Prism Video on Youtube if you're not sure.  All the prisms we will be looking at in this course are "right prisms"

Notes:

• Watch the 4 videos shown below and complete your notes before coming to next class.
  • Surface Area from a net
  • Finding surface area in general
  • Surface area of a rectangular prism
  • Surface area of a triangular prism

In Class Assignment:

• HW 5.3 p180 #3-8, 10, 12, 13, 15

Things you should be able to do after today:

• find the area of a rectangle
• find the area of a triangle
• label the measurements on a net of a rectangular or triangular prism
• determine the total surface area of a rectangular or triangular prism