Curated OER
Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
Curated OER
Toothpick Bridges
Students study the techniques of building a bridge. They explore different type of bridges and then plan and build a bridge to specified instructions. Students draw plans, keep a budget, and prepare balance sheets during their bridge...
Curated OER
Geometry Digital Blogging Books
Students observe geometric shapes in their everyday lives. In this middle school/high school mathematics lesson, students use their cell phone to record and publish their observations about the geometric shapes they encounter. Students...
Curated OER
Easter Egg Dribble
Students dribble and trap a ball with their feet using control and different directions and pathways.
Curated OER
Whale Echolocation
Students demonstrate how a whale uses echolocation to track food and identify one other animal that also uses echolocation. In this echolocation lesson plan, students play a game where one child (the whale) is blindfolded and gives a...
Curated OER
Measurement, Scale and the Corn Dolly
Students read and discuss the story The Corn Dolly by Terry Jones. The teacher shows the class a corn dolly and they need to design and construct furniture that is appropriately scaled for that specific dolly.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Area and Perimeter
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at area and perimeter and how math is involved in the operations of a ranch. The accompanying interactive component lets students investigate a variety of rectangles to get a target...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Area and Perimeter of Regular Polygons
Students determine the area and perimeter of regular polygons and use that information to conduct a beginning investigation of limits.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Comparing Perimeters and Areas
Students use a graphing calculator to find maximum and minimum values for area and perimeter problems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Figuring Areas
In this activity, students find the area of regular polygons using a summation approach and compare the summations with area calculated by Cabri Geometry Application. They also examine patterns of finding area and perimeter as the number...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Area Explorer
Students test their skills on how to calculate the area of a shape. Instructor notes are included.
Other
Area/perimeter Interactive Learning Sites for Education
Area/Perimeter - Interactive Learning Sites for Education is a resource that offers interactive activities for students to practice their knowledge of area and perimeter.
Next.cc
Next: Area
Investigate how to measure the total flat space that something takes up by engaging in the activities provided. Includes links to explore related sites pertaining to area.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Length, Perimeter, and Area
This lesson plan examines the mathematical concepts of length, perimeter, and area. Resources are included that support teachers and students.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Perimeter and Area
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart consists of games and activities that examine perimeter and area. Additional resources and an assessment are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Wildfires Nearly Snuffed
Students can use the data to explore the relationship between area and perimeter for rectangles and circles and they will make generalizations about the shape of the rectangle that will produce the smallest perimeter.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Determining the Perimeter of a Polygon (Series and Activity 1)
This activity provides an opportunity for students to investigate the perimeter of polygons.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Igd: Area of a Rectangle
Use this interactive tool to learn how to find the area of a rectangle. Click on "Instructions" for details on how to use this tool. Click on "Explore" for more ideas.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help: Perimeter and Area of Triangles and Trapezoids
Get independent practice working with finding the perimeter and area of triangles and trapezoids. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Perimeter, Circumference, and Area
Students find perimeters of rectangles and squares, as well as circumferences of circles. Students find areas of rectangles, squares, and circles. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Perimeter of a Rectangle With Fixed Area
Students will investigate the relationship between the base of a rectangle with area of 35 or 36 and its perimeter.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Perimeter Explorer
Use this applet to find the perimeter of a variety of shapes with the same or different areas.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Polygon Area
Students will compare areas of different polygons with a fixed perimeter and find the shape that gives the maximum area
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Greatest Area Activity
A classic problem looking at maximizing the area of rectangles given fixed perimeters. Uses graphing calculators to analyze data collected and to model a parabolic equation. Compiling class data provides a preliminary glance at families...