Facilitate a surface area discovery with this lesson plan and recording sheet!Supply your own real-world examples of rectangular prisms, and place them as centers in your classroom (don't forget to pre-measure the edge lengths - or don't!). Some boxes should be unfolded to represent a net. Student groups should work together to record their findings (length, width, height, surface area) in the attached recording sheet options. Accommodate your tier 3 students with the scaffolded version, and cha