LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 2

Measurement - The learner will understand and use perimeter and area.

Objective 2.01

Develop strategies to determine the area of rectangles and the perimeter of plane figures.

Resources aligned to this objective

Area and perimeter unit
This unit will introduce and practice the concepts of area and perimeter. This unit uses resources of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop “Interactivate Your Bored Math Students.”
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Computer Technology Skills and Mathematics)
By Bonnie Boaz.
Language families
Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies and Mathematics)

Lesson plans on the web

Finding perimeter and area
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students develop strategies for finding the perimeter and area for rectangles and triangles using geoboards and graph paper. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Getting the Facts
Students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children's literature. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Learning about length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using interactive figures: Side length and area of similar figures
This two-part example illustrates how students can learn about the length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using dynamic figures. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematics at the mall: Unit overview
Students participate in activities in which they develop number sense in and around the shopping mall. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Parking at the Mall
Students develop number sense in and around the shopping mall. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What's important about triangles?
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students discover that it is not possible to construct some triangles from given lengths and that the sum of the lengths of any two sides must be greater than the length of the third side. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics