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Arizona Math Standard: 3.MD.C.6

Measure areas by counting unit squares (e.g., square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

Geometry Image: Victoria Conference Center
Geometry Image: Victoria Conference Center
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1-5
Geometry Image: Skytree
Geometry Image: Skytree
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-6
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-5
Mow A Lawn
Mow A Lawn
How long would it take to mow a very large lawn with a push-mower?
Gr 1-7
How Many Will There Be? Pyramids
How Many Will There Be? Pyramids
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-4
Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles
Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles
Can two rectangles have the same perimeter but… different areas!?
Gr 3, 4, 6, 7
Deducing the Area of Triangles
Deducing the Area of Triangles
Using patterns, students try to deduce where that area formula came from.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Finding The Volume of Laptops
Finding The Volume of Laptops
How has the volume of laptops changed over time? You know you want to check out how huge those first versions were!
Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
Discovering Pi With Sticky Notes
Discovering Pi With Sticky Notes
Pi is mysterious and strange! Why not let students discover it on their own?
Gr 3, 7, 8
How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?
How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?
So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Furnishing A Hotel
Furnishing A Hotel
Design and furnish hotel rooms on a budget. Real math, real constraints, real decisions. Then pitch your hotel to investors.
Gr 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
You’ve got 60 spaces on a grid to create an amusement park, a house, a farm, or whatever you’d like. Divide it into seven pieces, order it by size, combine into two halves, and more in this fraction project.
Gr 1-5