Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Same Base and Height, Variation 2

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This is the second version of a task asking learners to find the areas of triangles that have the same base and height. This presentation is more abstract as students are not using physical models. They still determine the area of each...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Squares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld provides multiple definitions and formulas for the mathematical term, square.
Lesson Plan
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....
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This tasks gives a verbal description for computing the perimeter of a rectangle and asks the students to find an expression for this perimeter. They then have to use the expression to evaluate the perimeter for specific values of the...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 3

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to ask students to write expressions and to consider what it means for two expressions to be equivalent. Aligns with 6.EE.A.