A UNIT ON AREA

BY CATHY BROOKS AND LAURA DICKERSON

This unit is designed as a suggestion on how to present area in geometry. The warm ups are used every day to set the mood of the class and to get the students motivated. This could not be done with out several resources. Click here for a list of resources used.


Day 1: "What is a square unit?" (introduction)
Day 2: Area of Rectangles and Triangles
Day 3: Area of Parallelograms and Trapezoids
Day 4: Problem Solving
Day 5: Area of Regular Polygons
Day 6: Area of Regular Polygons (cont.)
Day 7: Area of Circles
Day 8: Area of Circles (cont.)
Day 9: "An Interview With Pi" (review)
Day 10: Final Assessment

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 Cathy Brooks

Laura Dickerson