Driving Question: Which shape, with a perimeter of 10m, has the biggest area?
Learning Objectives: To be able to calculate the area of shapes in the real world.
Success Criteria
Success Criteria
Beginning
To understand how to find the area of rectangles and triangle.
Developing
To understand how to find the area of rectangles and triangle.
Developing
To understand how to find the areas of parallelogram and trapezium.
Mastering
To apply the rules you have learnt in order to find the area of compound shapes (shapes made from a collection of 'simple' shapes).
Resources
Pre-learning
Before this lesson students have watched videos on finding the area of:
- Triangles
- Parallelograms and Rhombuses
- Trapeziums and Trapezoids
Before this lesson students have watched videos on finding the area of:
- Triangles
- Parallelograms and Rhombuses
- Trapeziums and Trapezoids
Notes from these topics have been uploaded to Showbie for pre-lesson assessment - students are directed to an initial task based on this assessment.
Beginning
We start by looking to calculate the areas of rectangles and then triangles.
B1
Test your understanding of finding the area of rectangles.
Area of Rectangles from Ten Ticks – 5, 4, page 36,39*Test your understanding of finding the area of rectangles.
B2
Stick on Maths - SSM , Level 5, 7 (print)
B3
Learn and assess your understand of finding the area of triangles.
CIMT: Area of Triangle
B4 (Check Point)
Developing
We now look to calculate the areas of parallelograms and then trapeziums.
D1
Test your understand of find the area of parallelograms.
D2
Masterings
We now look to calculate the areas of compound shapes.
M1
Learn and assess your understand of finding the area of compound shapes.
CIMT: Compound Shapes
M2
M3
Test your understand of find the area of compound shapes.
Learn and assess your understand of finding the area of compound shapes.
CIMT: Compound Shapes
M2
M3
Test your understand of find the area of compound shapes.
