POST 8: PERIMETERS AND AREAS
We all know that perimeters and areas are a difficult concept to the students to understand, not only the concept itself, but also the relationship between the two of them.
The fact that two different figures can have the same area but different perimeter or the same perimeter but different area it's difficult to understand.
In order to make these concepts easier to the students, I've found this page.
Here, the students can built different figures with little squares and add as much squares as they want. As long as the figure changes, the perimeter and the area change too, so the children can see and experiment the changes.
In the same page, there is also a game where they told you the area you have to reach, so you have to join different figures to do a bigger one with the area they ask for.
In my opinion, this site is a very good option to help the children to understand these concepts by manipulating them in the way they want.
The fact that two different figures can have the same area but different perimeter or the same perimeter but different area it's difficult to understand.
In order to make these concepts easier to the students, I've found this page.
Here, the students can built different figures with little squares and add as much squares as they want. As long as the figure changes, the perimeter and the area change too, so the children can see and experiment the changes.
In the same page, there is also a game where they told you the area you have to reach, so you have to join different figures to do a bigger one with the area they ask for.
In my opinion, this site is a very good option to help the children to understand these concepts by manipulating them in the way they want.