3.MD.C.6

Unit Square Construction

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.1 Stars

TEACHERS (11)

4.2

STUDENTS (4536)

3.9

LENGTH

9 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

Sam is expanding the city by building new structures at the outskirts and you have been hired to verify his blueprints. In this game by Zapzapmath, students will measure areas by counting unit squares.

Vocabulary Words

area

perimeter

square unit

length

width

2 dimensional shape

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Find Area By Counting Unit Squares. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Area is the amount of space a 2 dimensional figure occupies.

Area is the entire space without gaps inside the border of the figure.

All 2-D shapes have an Area.

A square with side of 1 unit is a square unit.

Measure areas by counting non-standard square units.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

You will be finding the area of spaces in this game, what is the area of an space? What operations can you use to find the area of a space? What do you need to do if you can't easily multiple or divide to find an area? How can you find an area of a shape? What techniques or tools can you use to find the area of a shape?

After the Game

You found the area of spaces in this game, why might we need to know the area? Sometimes the space wasn't a perfect square or rectangle, what did you have to do to find the area? How can you use area or need to know how to find the area in your every day life? What did you learn about area?