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| Finding Perimeter: | In this lesson, students will explore a real world problem based on the Marilyn Burns book Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!. The problem and further practice finding the distance around rectangles will lead them to discover efficient strategies and formulas for solving perimeter. |
| Make A Mighty Monster: Practice with Area and Perimeter: | In this culminating activity, students will use their knowledge of area and perimeter to create a "Mighty Monster" following specific criteria. Given a designated area, students will make their monster on centimeter grid paper and calculate both the area and perimeter of each body part, as well as the combined area and perimeter of the entire figure. |
| "This is InTENTS!": | This STEM challenge will engage the students in the ways to create different rectangles that have the same area, but different perimeters. They will also explore how to use the scientific method to test their designs with hypothesis, records, data, and a conclusion. This STEM challenge combines architectural engineering with life science and measurement skills for math. |
| Best Vegetable Garden: | The students will plan a vegetable garden, deciding which kinds of vegetables to plant, how many plants of each kind will fit, and where each plant will be planted in a fixed-area garden design. Then they will revise their design based on new garden dimensions and additional plant options. Students will explore the concept of area to plan their garden and they will practice solving 1 and 2-step real-world problems using the four operations to develop their ideas. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
| Perimeter - It's a Linear Measurement: | In this lesson, students will review finding perimeter of polygons and apply their knowledge of finding perimeter and area to compute unknown side lengths. Students draw rectangles with a specific perimeter and draw rectangles with a specific area but different perimeters. |
| Same Perimeter, Different Area: | In this lesson, students are presented with a problem that requires them to create rectangles with the same perimeter but different areas. Students also search for relationships among the perimeters and areas of different rectangles and find which characteristics produce a rectangle with the greatest area. |
| A Table For 36 Please: | This lesson reinforces perimeter as students arrange tables to decorate.
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| Make A Mighty Monster: Practice with Area and Perimeter: | In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of area and perimeter to create a "Mighty Monster”. Given specific criteria related to area and perimeter, students will make their monster on centimeter grid paper and calculate both the area and perimeter of each body part to explore the differences between the two types of measurement. |
| No Spare Space: | In this lesson, the students are employees of a fencing company. They are working with a customer to try and get the best deal and design of a fence that will fit the customer's area needs. Students will have to use reasoning skills in order to fill in missing information. Students will also discuss whether or not their designs have met the needs of the customer. |
| Finding Perimeter by Counting Unit Segments: | In this lesson, students will explore a real world problem based on the Marilyn Burns book Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!. The problem and further practice finding the distance around rectangles will lead them to conceptually understand finding the perimeter of rectangles. |
| Area and Perimeter of Rectangles Investigations: | Students will determine the validity of the statement, "All rectangles with the same area will have the same perimeter" through two investigations. |
| House Building Architects: | In this lesson, students are tasked with drawing a house based on given directions. The directions include the area and perimeter of particular features of the house. This resource is recommended as a review of perimeter and area. |
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