Garden Gurus
This worksheet is an engaging way to investigate area. Students design their own school garden using dot paper or a geoboard. Following the open ended questions, students will divide the area up to provide the most efficient use of space for gardens and walkways, labelling the measurements of each area, and calculating the amount of resources needed.
Learning goals
- We are learning to calculate perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units.
- We are learning to solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units.
Curriculum alignment
MA3-1WM
old
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-3WM
old
Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another
MA3-9MG
old
Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances, calculates perimeters, and converts between units of length
MA3-10MG
old
Selects and uses the appropriate unit to calculate areas, including areas of squares, rectangles and triangles
MA3-AR-01
new
Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
MA3-GM-02
new
Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances including perimeters
MA3-2DS-02
new
Selects and uses the appropriate unit to calculate areas, including areas of rectangles
MA3-2DS-03
new
Combines, splits and rearranges shapes to determine the area of parallelograms and triangles
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.