In this activity, students will first begin by exploring area and perimeter. Tell your students to make a shape that has a specific area or perimeter and then give them time to explore and create. As you go, make the math challenges more difficult. When they have had a chance to explore, have them play the game. The challenge is to see how many levels they can complete. Keep in mind that the last level is unique in that students now have to create a shape with a specific area while creating fraction of shaded color like the second image below.
Show students how to use protractors and ruler in this interactive website. Teachers can also easily show polygons and quadrilaterals. Shape color size, and angle are easily changed from one shape to another. You can use this shapes website to show interior and exterior angles. Arcs can also be manipulated.
This fractions worksheet is designed to reinforce the concept that fractions are shapes or objects divided into equal parts or pieces. Students are first asked what each part of a divided shape is equal to. Then they have to make a fraction based on the shaded area. Next students are presented with shapes that are divided into 1/5 and have to decide whether or not the shape was evenly divided. Finally, they are given 2-word problems designed to make a student think about what each part of a divided shape or object actually means.
Here is a rap song about the different shapes and angles. Words that
are discussed are rhombus, right angles, triangles, acute angles,
parallelograms, etc... It features elementary students and is sung at
the elementary grade level.
