Buffalo State
A Five Day Approach to Using Technology and Manipulatives to Explore Area and Perimeter
Young mathematicians build an understanding of area and perimeter with their own two hands in a series of interactive geometry lessons. Through the use of different math manipulatives, children investigate the properties of...
Arizona Department of Education
Area and Perimeter of Regular and Irregular Polygons
Extend young mathematicians' understanding of area with a geometry lesson on trapezoids. Building on their prior knowledge of rectangles and triangles, students learn how to calculate the area of trapezoids and other...
Virginia Department of Education
Exploring 3-D Geometry
Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on...
Differentiation Central
Perimeter and Area
Leave no student behind with this differentiated geometry unit on perimeter and area. Over the course of five lessons, young mathematicians explore these foundational concepts through a series of self-selected hands-on activities and...
Radford University
Natural Disaster Recovery and Quadrilaterals: Fencing and Roofing Materials
Storm into a better understanding of geometry. Using a tornado as a backdrop, scholars practice their skills finding perimeters and areas of rectangles. Learners apply their knowledge of the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides of...
PBS
Accessible Shapes
All the 2-D and 3-D measurement work you need is in one location. Divided into three sections, the geometry lesson plans consist of visualization of three dimensions, classifying geometric figures, and finding surface area and volume....
New York City Department of Education
Chris’ Garden Dilemma
Make the connections between area, tiling, and multiplication. A performance task and associated unit presents the concept of area and makes the connection to multiplication. Pupils work through three major sections of instruction that...
Curated OER
Connecting Algebra and Geometry Through Coordinates
This unit on connecting algebra and geometry covers a number of topics including worksheets on the distance formula, finding the perimeter and area of polynomials, the slope formula, parallel and perpendicular lines, parallelograms,...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 5: Modeling with Geometry
Solids come in many shapes and sizes. Using geometry, scholars create two-dimensional cross-sections of various three-dimensional objects. They develop the lesson further by finding the volume of solids. The module then shifts...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to find the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students find the perimeter and area of squares and rectangles by using formulas. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Compare Area and Perimeter
Compare the areas and perimeters of rectangles when given a context or picture. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on finding the perimeter of rectangles and squares.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Find Out Things About a Rectangle
WebMath offers a good, basic site for students to practice working with the area and perimeter of a rectangle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Unknown Dimensions of Squares and Rectangles (Grade 3)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This learning module features five videos and a set of practice questions in which students learn to compute linear measures, given edge or surface measures of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Partitioning Composite Figures Into Rectangles to Find Area 1
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to partition a shape into rectangles and add their areas together to get the area of the whole figure. Includes video...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Areas of Rectangular Composite Figures Overlap 1
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions where students are presented with one or more smaller rectangles within a larger one. They must calculate the area of the larger...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Areas of Rectangular Composite Figures Overlap 2
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions where students are presented with a rectangle that has shaded areas. They must calculate the area of the unshaded region. [1:48]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the perimeter of squares and rectangles.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Rectangles [Pdf]
K-5 Math Teaching Resources: Rectangles learning activity that applies skills to create rectangles.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Find a Missing Side Length When Given Area
Practice finding a missing side length on a rectangle when given the other side length and the area. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area of Rectangles With Fraction Side Lengths
Practice computing the areas of rectangles that have fractional side lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Areas of Rectangular Composite Figures Challenge:word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students solve multi-step word problems involving money and the area of rectangles. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [2:21] A set...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Area and Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on the area and perimeter of rectanlges and squares.