My Journey Through Math for Elementary Teachers. Volume and Surface Area and THE END! This week it was all about Volume and Surface area and this is what I did my final IBL on. I had the students match formulas to figures and name the figures then draw some on the boards and find their surface area and volume. This course had been alot of fun as you can see through my blog we have covered alot of material! My favorite was the last few chapters about geometry its so much fun.

Area and Perimeter of a Rectangle. Area is the number of units it takes to cover a surface. When you are trying to find the area of a rectangle, you want to take the length x width or lw. A rectangle has a length of 8 centimeters and a width of 3 centimeters. Perimeter is the length of the shapes boundary. Find the perimeter of a rectangular field of length 45 m and width 35 m.

Helpful Link for Basic Geometry. The above link is to a website that covers a lot of what we have been going over in class with geometric figures. There are games to play and just basic information on how to calculate the area and perimeter of particular shapes. There is also games on line segments and angles as well. Applying What I Have Learned. Helpful Link for Basic Geometry.

Difference between convex and concave. Finding Surface area of a cone. Example on finding area of a triangle. Finding Volume of a cylinder. How to make math easier for kids! March 16, 2011. Difference between convex and concave. Finding Surface area of a cone. Example on finding area of a triangle. Finding Volume of a cylinder.

There is going to be at least one day when your child, or sibling, is going to say that they do not like school, and they do not want to go. To help my brother with his multiples I had him go on to a math. Secrets of Straight A Students.

New Song Of the week. It goes with the shape. I noticed that after break we are starting fractions. I remember when my teacher in middle school tried to make up a song about fractions and just made herself look really bad. So here is a fraction song that is suppose to help kids. It is just rather funny. Check it out! YAY or NAY to calculators? February 16, 2011. Math grows tougher, earlier.