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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Perimeter of Parallelograms: Around a Trampoline

For Students 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students move the points on the parallelogram to determine the perimeter. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Area and Perimeter on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the area or perimeter of shapes like triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, and hexagons on the coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Area of Triangles, Trapezoids & Parallelograms

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students solve for the area of rectangles, squares, triangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Perimeters, Areas, and Slopes Oh, My!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students create geometric figures, and use analytic and coordinate geometry to investigate their attributes. They go through the process of proving that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Area of the Trapeziod

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is a based on an activity I saw in Exploring Geometry with the Geometer's Sketchpad. Student will construct a trapeziod and then use rotation to create a parallelogram from the trapeziod. The follow up questions lead the...
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Handout
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Geometry, Section 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Geometry concepts are briefly discussed at this site, including volume of a cylinder, parallelograms, circles, trapezoids, and triangles. Sample problems and applications are included for practice.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Perimeter & Area of Rectangles & Parallelograms

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students will investigate the area and perimeter of rectangles and parallelograms. This is an interactive lesson and also includes an assessment.
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eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on quadrilaterals which can fall into multiple categories based on the number of sides and the angles.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Parallelogram Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate certain variables of a parallelogram depending on the inputs provided. Calculations include side lengths, corner angles, diagonals, height, perimeter, and area of parallelograms.
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Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Graduation Caps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson plan, students build geometric models of graduation caps using stiff paper. The activity requires the application of skills in finding surface area, understanding similarity, knowing the...
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Determinant Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Matrix determinants can be used to solve many algebra and geometry word problems. Among them: finding the area of a triangle, finding the area of a parallelogram, and finding the equation of a line between two points. These three...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Thirsty for Oil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students can use the USA TODAY Infograph 'Thirsty for oil' to explore the area of a trapezoid and determine how to find area. Students will find the area of a parallelogram and use this to determine a formula for the...
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Rhombus Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Calculate certain variables of a rhombus depending on the inputs provided. Calculations include side lengths, corner angles, diagonals, height, perimeter, and area of a rhombus.
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 8th
Explore the world of quadrilaterals and their properties. Find answers to questions like what are quadrilaterals, how they are formed, easy ways to identify them, and commonly seen quadrilaterals around us.