This product will help your kinesthetic learners make connections as they experience calculating total surface area and lateral surface area with this hands on activity. Students work in partners to determine the names of the shapes when the nets are constructed, measure the nets themselves (to the nearest half centimeter), and then calculate both the total and the lateral surface area.  I have personally used this in class, even one year during a formal observation! I loved how it required my students to bring in several skills in order to complete the lab correctly. Something as simple as seventh graders measuring with a ruler or multiplying numbers with decimals, skills that we all feel our students should understand by this grade level, but yet so many don't or have forgotten. This activity bring it all in, and the cherry on top is the fact that they are learning about surface area. What's included •Teacher instructions •Student Answer Recording Sheet •Reflection Page •Challenge Questions •Answer keys This lab hits several skills that kids get to review and practice: Calculating surface area Measuring Multiplying with decimals You may also be interested in: Surface Area of Nets Scavenger Hunt Surface Area Color-by-Number Scavenger hunts for Middle School Math - Growing Bundle Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you TPT points toward future purchases. Also, FOLLOW ME to be notified when new products are added. This is a huge bonus because my products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted!