5th Grade Area and Perimeter

Area and Perimeter

Geometry is the study of shapes and their properties. For example do you know if a shape is a polygon or not? Can you find and measure the angles in a shape? How are 2-D and 3-D shape alike and different? What does area and perimeter have to do with geometry? These are just a few of the questions we'll explore as we study geometry.

Working with Area and Perimeter:

Daily Activities

	Area and Perimeter
Day 1 Websites and Assignment	Area and Perimeter Movie	Area and Perimeter Movie Spy Guy	Relating Area and Perimeter Movie the Spy Guy	Answer the following questions on your class' writeboard: 1. What is area? 2. What is perimeter? 3. How are area and perimeter different? 4. How are area and perimeter alike?
Day 2 Websites and Assignments	Interactive Area Explorer	Geometry Board	Area and Perimeter	Answer the following questions on your class' writeboard: 1.Give 3 examples of when you would use area. 2. Give 3 examples of when you would use perimeter.
Day 3 Websites and Assignments	Perimeter and Area on a Grid	Shape Builder	Fun Brain Excavator Calculate Perimeter	Answer the following questions on your class' writeboard: 1. How many different shapes can you make with an area of 16 square units? 2. What was the perimeter of these shapes?
Day 4 Websites and Assignments	Area of a Triangle Movie		Triangle Explorer	Answer the following questions on your class' writeboard: 1. How do you find the area of a triangle?

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