Outdoor Learning - Perimeter and Area

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Mathematics:

Students learn to:

• solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units (AC9M5M02)

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking. 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Relevant parts of Year 5 achievement standards:
By the end of Year 5, students choose and use appropriate metric units to measure the attributes of length, mass and capacity, and to solve problems involving perimeter and area.

• Formula sheet - Perimeter, Area and Volume (optional)
• Looking for Shapes - Worksheet - one per student
• Measuring tape - one per group

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creativity
• critical thinking

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - oversee activity and facilitate discussion.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

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