Perimeter Lesson Plans

Students practice the Math concepts of area and perimeter through in-class discussions, video clips, and online activities in this lesson for upper-elementary classrooms. The lesson includes possible extensions and resource links.

Twelfth graders apply perimeter measurement to items found in newspapers and calculate the cost in terms of feet or yards. They share answers and explanations with classmates.

Fourth graders develop and use strategies to find perimeter of regualar or irregular shapes using string, paper clips, links and other objects. They find the area using tiles or counting squares of regualar and irregular shapes on a grd. Pupils find the volume by layering cubes in a box.

Third graders review formulas for area and perimeter in quadrilaterals. They arrange pre-cut twine on a centimeter graph paper to create non-congruent quadrilaterals. They calculate the perimeter and area of each form.

Fourth graders measure perimeter, area and volume. In this measurement instructional activity, 4th graders learn how to find the perimeter, area and volume of regular and irregular shapes without the use of formulas. Students use hands-on materials like string, paper clips, grids and cubes.

Fourth graders explore perimeters. In this measurement lesson plan, 4th graders examine example problems that highlight how to calculate the perimeters of rectangles in inches and centimeters. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.

Students practice their area and perimeter measurement. For this measurement lesson, students watch a video about perimeter and area. Students measure a gym for perimeter and area. Students write number sentences for the area and perimeter of the gym. Students use mini-cubes to model the area and transfer the cubes onto grid paper.

Seventh graders explore the concept of triangles. For 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.

Students define the terms polygon and perimeter to begin the lesson. Using a calculator, they practice determining the perimeter of various symbols in a painting. They discuss how geometry and art are related to one another.

Students complete worksheets where they calculate the perimeter of polygons. In this perimeter of polygons lesson plan, students divide complex shapes into simple shapes to find the perimeter.