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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Three Rubber Bands

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Stretch your mind about triangles. Given a triangle, scholars consider a smaller triangle formed when they stretch three rubber bands from each vertex to the opposite side. They determine the ratios of the areas and perimeters of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Centroid of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars familiarize themselves with the construct and measure menus. They demonstrate how to use the Sketchpad Calculator. They draw a triangle and construct the centroid. They shade in each of the small triangles and measure the...
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Assessment
Mathed Up!

Sine and Cosine Rules and Area of Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th
Learners discover how to find missing sides and angles using trigonometry. Scholars first watch a video covering the Law of Sines and Cosines, as well as the area formula for a triangle. To test their knowledge, they complete a worksheet...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Triangle Attributes and Measures

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of triangles. In this triangles lesson, 7th graders sort triangles according to various attributes such as acute, obtuse, isosceles, or equilateral. Students find the area and perimeter of triangles.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find the Area or Missing Length of the Polygon

For Students 7th - 10th
In this area and perimeter worksheet, learners find the length or area of seventeen figures.  The figures examined are triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, and hexagons.  Some examples and solutions are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Length, Perimeter, and Area

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the concepts of length, perimeter and area. Students develop an understanding of length, perimeter, and area. Students calculate the area and perimeter of random shapes and calculate the area and perimeter of a triangle...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Perimeter and Area

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop strategies for finding the perimeter and area of large geometric figures. Through lecture and guided practice, 7th graders practice the strategy of dividing a geometric shape into smaller more manageable shapes...
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Scale Factor

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Does doubling mean everything doubles? Learners adjust the scale factor between two rectangles. Using the calculated measurements, pupils investigate the ratios between the lengths, perimeters, and areas of the rectangles.
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Pizza Crusts

For Teachers 6th Standards
Enough stuffed crust to go around. Pupils calculate the area and perimeter of a variety of pizza shapes, including rectangular and circular. Individuals design rectangular pizzas with a given area to maximize the amount of crust and do...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Areas of Triangles, Rectangles, and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students find the areas of geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson plan students find and measure the sides, perimeters, and areas of quadrilaterals, triangles, and circles. Students relate the measures to the others by using formulas.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Right Triangles

For Students 10th
In this right triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 5 various types of problems. First, they solve each of the triangles shown and find the area of each triangle. Then, students find the perimeter and area of the regular...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 8 Extra Problems Worksheet: Similar Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th
In this similar triangles instructional activity, students solve 6 similar triangles. Students use proportions to solve similar triangles and similar rectangles.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Area, Perimeter, Volume Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
In this formulas worksheet, students write the area, perimeter, and volume formulas of 17 2D and 3D polygons.  Students list properties of various types of triangles and the metric conversions for metric units.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Two young scholars are blindfolded and each receives a cardboard square, one with pompoms glued around the edge and one with pompoms glued all over the surface. They identify what they feel. The class discusses perimeter and area of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Centers of a Triangle: Part 2

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students model and solve a real-world problem by constructing the centroid of a triangle. They explore relationships of the medians of a triangle and investigate how the centroid partitions each of the medians. Students investigate...
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Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Finding the Area of Rectangles, Parallelograms, and Triangles

For Students 9th
In this area of polygons activity, 9th graders solve two area of rectangles, one area of parallelogram, and ten area of triangles problems.  The formulas for finding the area of these figures are provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Polygon Area Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this polygon area worksheet, students answer 8 questions involving the area of several polygons. Students are given various details of the polygon and must find lengths of various polygons.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Surface Area of Prisms

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students compute surface area and volume of prisms. In this surface area lesson, students find the surface area and volume of rectangular and triangular prisms. Independently, students use their computers to determine the volume,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Area of Similar Figures

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore the concept of finding area of similar figures. In this finding area of similar figures lesson, students use pattern blocks to construct similar figures. Young scholars trace their construction and find the area....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Area

For Students 10th
In this area worksheet, 10th graders solve 7 various types of problems by finding the area of various shapes in geometry. First, they determine what happens to the area and perimeter of a rectangle when the length and width are doubled....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Greedy Triangle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the book "The Greedy Triangle" to practice measuring perimeter and area. They also calculate the length of objects.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Perimeter and Area

For Students 6th
In this perimeter and area worksheet, 6th graders find the perimeter and area of different right triangles. Students complete 9 problems total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Does the Area of the Quadrilateral Change?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study area and quadrilaterals. In this multiplication and area lesson, students use Polystrip models to change rectangles to form different parallelograms. Students find the area of the models use a Geometer Sketchpad to find...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this measurement lesson, learners examine the Pythagorean Theorem, perimeter, and areas of right triangles. They record their measurements and research their findings on a grid.

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