07 December 2012

7 December, S2 - 8/M3*

Title: Area & Surface Area
Room: 28
Learning Objectives
Level 5

To be able to recall and use the formula A = ½ bh to find the area of a triangle.

How many different triangles can you draw with a base length of 5cm and height of 6cm? What can you say about their areas?

To be able to calculate the volume or surface area of a cuboid.
How do you find the volume of a cuboid with dimensions 12cm x 3cm x 4cm?

Level 6
To be able to explain how to calculate the area of a trapezium & parallelogram.
Can you explain why these rules work?

Resources 
Level 5










Introduce students to the idea of finding the area of a triangle.



Level 6
Area of Parallelograms
Ten Ticks, 5, 4, page 37

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