Area and perimeter video
This video demonstrates area and perimeter so students have a common understanding of both concepts; this will help to answer the questions: What is area? What is perimeter? Simple problems are presented to engage the audience to think and model ways to create an area shape with different dimensions. The representation will show how the number of squares remains the same as the dimensions change. We can also show how area changes as dimensions change. As we go through examples highlight the perimeter. A table of results can show the different dimensions and begin to connect to area formula. Start with square units and towards the end introduce cm2 and m2.
Access the supporting teaching guide that provides suggestions to follow up video.
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| Year level(s) | Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 |
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| Audience | Student |
| Purpose | Student task |
| Format | Video |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Worked examples, Concrete Representational Abstract model |
| Keywords | Real world maths |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M4M02
Recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units
AC9M5M02
Solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units
AC9M6M02
Establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P6, P7, P8)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Education Services Australia |
| Copyright | © 2023 Commonwealth of Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Creative Commons BY 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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