Chapter 12: Activities and Lessons

Activity Name Activity Description
The Tortoise and Hare Race Students step through the tortoise and hare race, based on Zeno's paradox, to learn about the multiplication of fractions and about convergence of an infinite sequence of numbers.
Surface Area & Volume Students manipulate dimensions of polyhedra, and watch how the surface area and volume change. Parameters: Type of polyhedron, length, width and height.
Area Explorer Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the perimeter and asked to calculate areas of the shapes.
Perimeter Explorer Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the area and asked to calculate perimeters of the shapes.
Shape Explorer Students are shown shapes on a grid and asked to calculate areas and perimeters of the shapes.
Triangle Explorer Students learn about areas of triangles and about the Cartesian coordinate system through experimenting with triangles drawn on a grid.

Lesson Name Lesson Description
Perimeter Introduces students to the concept of perimeter.
Area Introduces students to the concept of area.
Length, Perimeter and Area Introduces students to length, perimeter and area.
Surface Area and Volume Introduces students to the concepts of surface area and volume.