Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Area (Elementary)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
In this lesson students will practice finding the area of rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Find Area With Partial Unit Squares

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Count unit squares and partial unit squares to find the area of shapes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly or receive step-by-step hints.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Create Rectangles With a Given Area

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice finding the area of rectangles by counting unit square. Create rectangles with a given area by covering unit squares. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...
Handout
Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Fraction Multiplication and Area

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This fifth-grade lesson explores the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths. We tile the rectangle with unit rectangles and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. We multiply...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Circle Sandwich

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth graders are presented with a drawing of a large square inscribed by a circle which is itself inscribed by a second square. They are asked to find the area of the circle outside the smaller square and compare it to the area of the...
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Garden Design [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use understanding of area to find the area of shapes on a grid.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Square Pyramid Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this calculator to determine the volume, surface area, or other figure for a square pyramid, given the other numbers. Users set their parameters for two known variables of the pyramid and find what the unknown amounts would be.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Understanding Area

For Students 2nd - 4th
Compare the amount of unit squares that cover figures. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints related to the concept of area.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Square Wheeled Tricycle: Radius and Circumference

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive exercise focuses on working with the radius of various circles to find the circumference and area as well as challenging you to find the distance a square wheel travels around the track.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Square Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this square calculator to find the side length, diagonal length, perimeter, or area of a geometric square. Given any 1 variable you can calculate the other 3 unknowns.