Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining Area: Regular Polygons and Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
The student will apply the formula for the area of regular polygons to solve problems.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Area of Regular Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate the area and perimeter of regular polygons. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Properties of Regular Polygons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find a definition of regular polygon, and learn how to calculate the internal angle, external angle, and number of diagonals of a regular polygon. Also, learn how to find the area of regular polygons.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Areas of Regular Polygons and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use Cabri Jr. to find the area of several regular polygons and then use that investigation to derive the area of a circle from a many-sided polygon.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding the Area of Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students discover a very intuitive method for determining the area of a regular polygon. They use that information to develop the standard area formula.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Area and Perimeter of Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students determine the area and perimeter of regular polygons and use that information to conduct a beginning investigation of limits.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Figuring Areas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students find the area of regular polygons using a summation approach and compare the summations with area calculated by Cabri Geometry Application. They also examine patterns of finding area and perimeter as the number...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Area of a Regular Polygon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity has the students derive the formula for finding the area of a regular polygon. Demonstrating the procedure of constructing a regular polygon in front of the class maybe necessary depending on the students prior experience
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Approximation of Pi Using an Area Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will approximate pi by setting up trigonometric ratios and calculating the areas of regular polygons inscribed within and circumscribed about a circle.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding the Area of a Perfect Polygon.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will review how to find the area of a regular polygon.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Area

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Definitions and formulas for the computation of surface areas of triangles, rectangles, and any regular polygon. Helpful links to related pages.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Right Triangle Trigonometry to Find the Area of Regular Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will demonstrate how to use right triangle trigonometry and special right triangles (45-45-90 and 30-60-90) to find the area of triangles given the side lengths of the polygon. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Using Right...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Right Triangle Trigonometry to Find the Area of Regular Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will demonstrate how to use right triangle trigonometry and special right triangles (45-45-90 and 30-60-90) to find the area of triangles given the side lengths of the polygon. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Using Right...
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the definition and properties of a polygon. Then explore such topics as: 1) types of polygon 2) area 3) Perimeter 4) angles associated with polygons and 5) names of polygons.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Polygons and Areas of Plane Figures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-five problems cover the topics of polygons and finding the area for various plane figures. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...
Activity
Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Polygons Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here are four problems about the area of a regular polygon. Start by finding the area of a hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 10, and end by proving that as the number of sides of the polygon increases, the area of the polygon...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Math: Area and Perimeter

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how to enlarge drawings, figure out how much tile to buy to cover a specific floor, and learn about area and perimeter. These and other lesson plans are provided, including a fun interdisciplinary plan featuring dragons.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Find the Area of the Shape!

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Try to figure out the area of this challenging shape. In order to view the images, you will need to use JavaSketchpad.
Activity
George Mason University

Area Formula Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this set of worksheet activities, students will be guided to discover formulas for area of polygonal shapes and circles.
Website
Other

Visnos: Explore Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive demonstration shows firstly how pi relates to the circumference of a circle. This is achieved using a regular polygon approximation, the closed polygon is opened to reveal this magical number. The area of a circle is...
Activity
Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Teacher's Figure Library: Geometric Figures

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This interactive resource provides an example picture of the geometric figure chosen by students to review.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Squares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld provides multiple definitions and formulas for the mathematical term, square.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.