Catrina McHugh's List: Area and Perimeter

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"Construct models of gardens on a grid using squares of sod. Fence the gardens to
find and compare perimeters. Work with pre-built gardens made of 36 squares each
to compare perimeters of shapes with equal areas."

Students get a lot of experience with measuring and calculating perimeter in this fun site. They build a robot by receiving parts each time they answer a question correctly.\n\n\n

An interactive whiteboard resource to encourage students to apply their maths skills to the real world.

As many students now have mobile phones which include a calculator this resource attempts to emulate such a calculator. The teacher can demonstrate how to use the simple calculators to do useful real world maths. The advantage of this calculator simplicity is that the student needs to actually understand how the maths works rather than just what buttons to press. Hopefully the students can be encouraged to practise maths outside of school, in shops etc.

At the moment 2 types of real world questions can be generated by the resource: percentage discounts and area. As this calculator does not include a memory function the real world aspect is further emphasised by providing a notepad for jottings. Depending on school policy it could be useful for students to develop these skills further using their own phones in a lesson.