Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Polygons

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find the area of regular polygons, recalling what they already know about the area of geometric shapes and generalizing a formula for any regular polygon.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Area of Triangles

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders apply what they know about area of other polygons to develop a formula for finding the area of a triangle.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This task is a natural follow up for task Rectangle Perimeter 1. After thinking about and using one specific expression for the perimeter of a rectangle, they now extend their thinking to equivalent expressions for the same quantity....