Geoboards in the Classroom
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- Jul 29 2010 5:03 PM
Rita Nutsch
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise Standards Matching Team.
- Aug 11 2010 1:17 PM
Elisa Ramirez // Elisa Ramirez
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise standards matching team.
Matched the Geo 8-12 standard.
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- Original Source:Illuminations
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Description
This unit, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, deals with the length and area of two-dimensional geometric figures using the geoboard as a pedagogical device. This unit helps students to be able to better distinguish between perimeter and area. They also gain a better understanding of units, such as a square inch. Using a geoboard, students can see the area of a rectangle and can count the square units which it is made up of. The introduction includes pages that describe materials needed, offer discussion and activities for investigating length and area (in particular Pick's Theorem), and provide sample pages of dot paper to print out. An epilogue is provided. There are five lesson plans which individually focus on line, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and right triangles. A short bibliography brings an end to the unit. Less
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 6 to 8
Topics: Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & Geometry, Geometry