Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Slide Along
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the areas of quadrilaterals between parallel lines. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cross Fencing Pastures
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the areas of polygons by dissecting them into parts that are squares, rectangles, and triangles.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Get to the Point! Coordinate Geometry!
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the area of any polygon using coordinates.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pick and Choose! Using Pick's Theorem!
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the area of any polygon using Pick's Theorem.
Math Playground
Math Playground: Geometry Board
Create polygons by stretching bands over pegs on this geometry board. Then find the area and perimeter of the shape you created.