This week found us exploring what area is and starting in on a perimeter exploration.
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First, to really solidify the concept that area is covering the surface of something in square units of a specified size, we covered our desks in square inches to see how many square inches cover our desktops. We found that 1,152 square inches would cover our desktops.  |
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| We then saw that this could be calculated more quickly by measuring the length and the width of our desktop in inches and multiplying those two numbers together. Some students also calculated the area of their desktop in square feet and found that they have 8 square feet of working space. |
On Friday we began exploring perimeter. At this time most students are realizing that area is measured in square units like: square centimeters, square inches, square meters, square miles, square feet.... (the size of the unit used depends on how big or small the object is) and that perimeter is not measured in square units, but rather just: centimeters, inches, meters, miles, feet.... This concept will be further explored in week 6 as we dive into exploring perimeter.
On Friday we began exploring perimeter. At this time most students are realizing that area is measured in square units like: square centimeters, square inches, square meters, square miles, square feet.... (the size of the unit used depends on how big or small the object is) and that perimeter is not measured in square units, but rather just: centimeters, inches, meters, miles, feet.... This concept will be further explored in week 6 as we dive into exploring perimeter.
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