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NCTM
Grades 6-8
Measurement
Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements

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Lessons (4)

Comparing shapes with the same areas but different perimeters.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: area, comparing, geometry, integers, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, right angle, squares, width

Introduction to various estimation methods through the simulation of a forest fire.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Modeling, Number and Operations

Related Topics: estimation, probability, probability simulation

Introduces students to length, perimeter and area.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: acute, addition, area, arithmetic, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, dimension, distance, geometry, length, multiplication, obtuse, perimeter, planes, polygon, pythagorean theorem, rectangles, subtraction, triangle, width

Introduces students to the concepts of surface area and volume.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: area, arithmetic, dimension, geometry, integers, length, polyhedra, prisms, surface area, volume

Activities (11)

Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, iteration, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, simulation, skewed distribution, variance

Learn the relationship between perimeter and area. A shape will be automatically generated with the perimeter that you choose. Calculate the area of this shape. Area Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: addition, area, arithmetic, assessment, comparing, coordinate plane, geometry, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, squares

Compare two sets of objects, using estimation to determine which is greater. Estimate a number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameter: error tolerance. Comparison Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, assessment, comparing, counting, estimation, length, scale

Practice estimation skills by determining the number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameters: error tolerance of estimate. Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, assessment, counting, estimation, length, scale

Practice estimation skills by determining whether the number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape is more or less than the number given. Parameters: error tolerance of estimate. More or Less Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, comparing, counting, estimation, length, scale

Learn the relationship between perimeter and area. A shape will be automatically generated with the area that you choose. Calculate the perimeter of this shape. Perimeter Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: area, arithmetic, assessment, comparing, coordinate plane, coordinate system, geometry, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, squares

This activity operates in one of two modes: auto draw and create shape mode, allowing you to explore relationships between area and perimeter. Shape Builder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: area, assessment, comparing, geometry, perimeter

Learn the relationship between perimeter and area. A random shape will be automatically generated. Calculate the area and perimeter of this shape. Shape Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: area, arithmetic, assessment, comparing, geometry, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, squares

Manipulate dimensions of polyhedra, and watch how the surface area and volume change. Parameters: Type of polyhedron, length, width and height. Surface Area and Volume one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: assessment, dimension, geometry, length, polyhedra, prisms, surface area, volume

Step through the tortoise and hare race, based on Zeno's paradox, to learn about the multiplication of fractions and about convergence of an infinite sequence of numbers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Number and Operations

Related Topics: decimals, distance, fractals, geometric sequences, infinity, iteration, length, logarithm, multiplication, pattern, percentages, percents, proportion, rational numbers, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences

Calculate the area of a triangle drawn on a grid. Learn about areas of triangles and about the Cartesian coordinate system. Triangle Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: acute, area, assessment, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, distance, geometry, length, pythagorean theorem, triangle, triangles