Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of area models and probability. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...

Use area models to show a visual representation of the product of two fractions. This interactive exercise focuses on multiplying fractions and reducing them when possible.

Use an area model to decompose the larger factor and multiply. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are presented with a rectangular area model and asked to write an equation that represents the distributive property. Detailed lesson plan provided, along with assessment methods,...

Students will approximate pi by setting up trigonometric ratios and calculating the areas of regular polygons inscribed within and circumscribed about a circle.

Use area to understand how to multiply monomials by polynomials. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Given concrete models and nets (2-dimensional models) of prisms, pyramids, and cylinders, the student will find and determine the lateral and total surface area.

The tutorial investigates area and how it is the total number of square tiles covered. Examples and practice problems are included.

A guide to support parents as they work with their students in multiplication and area.

Use area models to represent the distributive property in finding area of rectangles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Students will use base 10 manipulatives to build a rectangular array to represent double digit multiplication. Students will make the connection between the standard algorithm and the rectangular array.This lesson plan was created as a...

Third graders build models wherein the area remains the same, while changing perimeters.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students gain an understanding of scale relationships of area and volume. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...

A classic problem looking at maximizing the area of rectangles given fixed perimeters. Uses graphing calculators to analyze data collected and to model a parabolic equation. Compiling class data provides a preliminary glance at families...

Dr. Ruben Puentedura created the SAMR Model. This is a set of 69 slides from a presentation. He explains the four levels of SAMR and what technology has to offer for each level. He then looks at the different subject areas and how SAMR...

In this exercise, students practice multiplying 4 digits by 1 digit with visual models. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

Sixth graders will use area models and expressions to help build a solid foundation of how the distributive property works.

This issue brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education looks at the role every middle and high school teacher must play to help older students become fully literate, and puts forth a four-part agenda for improving literacy in the...

Given application problems involving 3-dimensional figures, the student will estimate measurements, including surface area and/or volume, then solve the problems.

This video illustrates how to use an array as a visual model for solving a word problem involving the division of fractions and mixed numbers. The problem asks students to determine the width of a rectangular fennec fox den based on its...

In this activity, students use the CellSheet Application to determine geometric ratios of areas. Students determine the position of the vertices of a square that has all four vertices on the sides of a larger square and has a specified...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the problem-solving plan to figure out real-world dilemmas

In this lesson, students listen to and discuss poetry that pertains to the study of astronomy and write their own poems to enhance their learning of the subject. As a final project, students use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press to...

This lesson will not only help students compare and contrast the concepts of area and perimeter, but it will also move toward the concept that area is maximized while minimizing perimeter with a square.