NOTE> Some of
the interactive applets can take a while to load <NOTE
1.
PowerPoint
presentation 1. on area and perimeter - this is a download as is not
online.
2.
PowerPoint presentation 2. on area and perimeter - this is a download
as is not online
Because you can download these, you can edit too - ie. change units from
feet to cm etc.
 An
activity on area of polygons from
FUNBRAIN choose the
easy level and also "Area"
Try this set of problems.
You need to print the sheet out
An excellent
game to show you about area and perimeter
Math Central Site
A good experiment to work out the
area of different shaped things. Some more
here. An
excellent "problem
solving" activity
from Math Central
Another on area using
tangrams
- excellent.
Do it!
Area Lessons
Read the way
Area
is explained. Then complete the
problems. Some is now "Pay". Choose the free examples.
Surface area and volume.
Shodor Site
You can search for the topic you want here.
Great games always.
Surface area and volume ,
Estimation
and Area ,
Area
Explorer ,
Perimeter Explorer
"Illuminations"
Site
http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx An index of their
online tools.
This site explains area
well.
Have a play here. http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=21
Excellent tools to help work out area if you have the length and width
Isometric
Shapetool
Standards NCTM
An online
Geoboard site for making shapes and finding out about area -
uses virtual elastic bands. Electronic Geoboard
ARCYTECH ORG - Another site for
creating shapes
Patterns
Area Using
Base Ten Blocks
Kidspirit
You can have some fun here using
lego type blocks - work out
the area of the shapes you create.
 Area.
This series requires geoboards or graph paper
Rectangles with Mathsnet
You can try this site to find area Challenging!
[NB - not interactive]
Area of a rectangle
Area
of a rectangle. Describe the relation between the length and
the area. When will the area of the rectangle be maximum?
Another
of the same.
Another
site exploring area of rectangles and parallelograms - Mathforum
Area explained very well
but units are inches etc
Use this site to see
area of rectangles
Circumference of
circles and area
with lesson plans, worksheet and answers.
An animation explaining above is
here
A
quiz on Area, Perimeter [and Volume]. Try it and ignore the questions
on volume
If you are really advanced in the concept of area, here is
an exam as well as revision. How good are you? Out of 11 questions.
For fun. The surface area of
your body.
Homework
for kids has lots of sheets |
