6.G.A.1

Construction Cutter

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.9 Stars

TEACHERS (57)

4.3

STUDENTS (12608)

3.6

LENGTH

16 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

Students will learn how to find the area of simple shapes, such as squares, rectangles, and triangles, and will then use this knowledge to separate more complex shapes into these simple ones to find the total area of the complex shape.

Vocabulary Words

area

square

formula

triangle

rectangle

base

height

measure

horizontal

vertical

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Polygon Areas. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Decompose shapes into triangles and rectangles and then add the areas to find total area.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

In this game you will have to find the area of complex shapes - what is the difference between perimeter and area? In this game you will have to find the area of triangles, squares, and rectangles - what are the formulas for those shapes? If we had a rectangle with a base of 8" and height of 2," what would its area be? What would the area be of a triangle with the same base and height?

After the Game

How do you find the area of a triangle and rectangle? When you were playing this game you had to decide what shapes to break a complex shape into - how did you decide what to cut those shapes into? What did you do when you found those shapes? In this game you only added shapes together, do you think you could have subtracted using the missing area of a simpler shape? Draw an octagon and explain how you would "cut" this shape into simpler shapes?