This task can be used as an introduction to finding the surface area of polyhedra using nets. It is designed to be used with the Connecting Representations instructional routine developed by Amy Lucenta, Grace Kelemanik, and Susan Janssen Creighton in their book Routines for Reasoning. Connecting Representations is an instructional routine that positions students to think structurally as they connect two representations by articulating the underlying mathematics. More information about the struc