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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Area Formulas App

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Circle Area

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Explore what the relationship the radius has to the area of a circle. Click the instructions to learn how to use this interactive resource and select"Exploration" for more ideas.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Perimeter, Circumference, and Area

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students find perimeters of rectangles and squares, as well as circumferences of circles. Students find areas of rectangles, squares, and circles. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Area Formulas App

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate the Area of a Trapezoid This Concept Handheld Software Application reviews the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Area of a Circle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the area of a circle given its radius or diameter. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Shaded Areas

For Students 6th - 8th
Find the areas of shaded regions which are combinations of squares, triangles, and circles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Geometry: Area (Polygon, Triangle, Circle, Square)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The geometry resource investigates the area of polygons, triangles, circles, and squares. Formulas and examples are included.
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Geometry: Area Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The geometry resource investigates the area of polygons, triangles, circles, and squares. Formulas, examples, and practice exercises are included.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Find the Area of the Shape!

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Try to figure out the area of this challenging shape. In order to view the images, you will need to use JavaSketchpad.
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Unit Plan
Free Math Help

Free Math Help: Area Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource consists of area formulas and diagrams for a square, rectangle, circle, triangle, and trapezoid.
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Unit Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Review: Area

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of area and the formulas for different shapes. An example is given to help you understand how find the area of a shape. The area formulas are listed for different types of shapes.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: The Pi Are Square

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use the formula given for the area of a circle and a square to solve this challenge. This one page website has the solution available for you.
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Activity
George Mason University

Area Formula Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this set of worksheet activities, students will be guided to discover formulas for area of polygonal shapes and circles.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Area

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This creative and engaging flipchart explains the area of all kinds of shapes, to include squares, parallelograms, rectangles, triangle, and trapezoids.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Area & Perimeter: Math Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This tool allows you to create worksheets of word problems at varying levels of difficulty where students must calculate the area or perimeter of different polygon shapes. You can choose to set up the page using any of these polygon...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Meltdown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore the relationship between a circle's area and it's radius. This is framed in the context of a scene in where a pile of ice is melting into an increasingly...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Maths: 2 D Shapes

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Learn about the properties of 2-D shapes: circles, triangles, polygons, and quadrilaterals. Includes information, video, and examples about each, with games and quizzes for reinforcement.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Goats and Monsters

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore methods to measure lengths of squares and radius of a circle in trying to keep a goat from escaping.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Geometric Quilts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use a square to investigate other polygonal shapes that can be formed. Students will work with these polygons to make designs that will later constitute cooperatively designed quilts. The quilts will be made by translating,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: United States Population Density, 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1850." The map is color-coded to show population densities ranging from areas with fewer than 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas of 90 or...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: United States Population Density, 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1900" showing the increase in population and expansion of the railroad network since 1850. The map is color-coded to show population densities...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Population Density, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the distribution of the population in 1910. The map is keyed to show areas of population with densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to 90 and over inhabitants per square mile. The...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Unesco: Indonesia: Borobudur Temple Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at...