Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Igd: Area of a Parallelogram

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This applet will show you how to divide the parallelogram into pieces, arrange them together to form a rectangle, and then use the formula for the area of a rectangle to find the area of the parallelogram.
Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Graduation Caps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students build geometric models of graduation caps using stiff paper. The activity requires the application of skills in finding surface area, understanding similarity, knowing the...