Lesson summary
Students apply their understanding of perimeter and area to real world situations by looking for and recording a range of shapes around their school.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- identify shapes around the schoolyard
- apply appropriate mathematical theories to solve for area and perimeter.
Lesson guides and printables
Curriculum links
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
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.
Resources required
- Formula sheet - Perimeter, Area and Volume (optional)
- Looking for Shapes - Worksheet - one per student
- Measuring tape - one per group
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- creativity
- critical thinking
Additional info
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - oversee activity and facilitate discussion.
This is an original Cool+ lesson.
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