Chapter 3: Lessons and Activities

Activity Name Activity Description
Shape Explorer Students are shown shapes on a grid and asked to calculate areas and perimeters of the shapes.
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.
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
Length, Perimeter and Area Introduces students to length, perimeter and area.