PRINTABLE
LEARNING ACTIVITIES: AREA
What
is a Printable Learning Activity?
Printable Learning Activities are activities that can be
downloaded from the internet to your own computer for printing.
These activities are aimed at helping students learn particular
math concepts AWAY from the computer. These
activities may include math centres, practice sheets, or
major projects that focus on covering particular math objectives.
These
files are available to you in both the WORD (.doc) and PDF
format so that you can take the printable activity as is
(PDF) or take it in a form that you can easily modify (DOC)to
suit your own needs.
Printable
Learning Activities for Area
| Activity |
PDF
Format |
WORD
(.doc) Format |
| Discovering
Formulas:(GM 62)This activity asks students
to determine a short cut (formula) for determining the
area of a square or rectangle. |
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| Discovering
the Area of a Parallelogram:(GM 64) In this
activity, you understand that you could just count the
grid squares inside the parallelogram to determine the
area, but you need to discover a general way to find
the area for all parallelograms. |
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| Perimeter
and Area: (GM 58) A few introductory/review
questions for determining area and perimeter. |
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| Exploring
Surface Area:(GM 66)This activity gets students
thinking about the difference between surface area
and volume. |
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Perimeter
& Area:
(GM 58 & 64)Solve the problems for perimeter and
area. Answer
Key. |
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| Area
Formula Lab:
(GM 66) Students use cut and paste methods to discover
a formula for the area of polygonal shapes and circles.
Several printable activities. |
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| Formula
sheet - this single printable page displays
many of the basic formulas for both area and volume.
A useful handout. |
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