Polygons, Area, and Perimeter Lesson 2

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Polygons, Area, and PerimeterLesson 2

• By Monica Albuixech

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Activity 1

• Take a walk through your neighborhood and take
  pictures of structures or things that have the
  shapes of the polygons studied in the previous
  lesson. If you are unsure of the types of
  pictures that you should take, go to the
  following web site to get some ideas.
• Bring the cameras or the pictures to the class
  and import them to iPhoto.

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Activity 2

• Open PowerPoint and insert each picture on a
  different slide.
• Outline each polygon.
• Give a brief explanation of the properties found
  in each outlined polygon.

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Activity 3

• Based on your pictures answer the questions in
  the following worksheet.

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Area and Perimeter - Activity 4

• Watch the following video on how to use
  GoogleEarth to calculate the Area and the
  Perimeter of buildings and places.

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Activity 5

• Calculate the area and the perimeter of the
  following places
• a. Your school building
• b. The Pentagon, Washington DC
• c. The Eiffel Tower, Paris (France)
• d. The Pyramids, Egypt
• e. The Empire State Building, New York
• f. The Louvre Museum, Paris
• g. The Sears Tower, Chicago
• h. Piazza Adriana, Rome (Italy)
• i. Buckingham Palace in London
• j. Two areas or buildings of your choice
• Put your findings in the following Worksheet.

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Activity 6

• As a class discuss how this activity was
  different from calculating the perimeter and the
  area using other methods learned in previous math
  classes.
• Discuss the challenges that you had to overcome
  to complete the last activity.
• Finally, discuss your favorite part of the
  activity, and your least favorite part of the
  activity.