Year 7

Area of 2-D shapes

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    In this lesson, we will use different units of length to describe perimeter; calculate the perimeter of polygons and estimate the perimeter of 'curved' shapes.
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    In this lesson, we will use different square units to describe area and use informal counting strategies to calculate area.
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    In this lesson, we will analyse the effect of cutting, moving and combining shapes on area and perimeter.
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    In this lesson, we will explore the perimeter and area of rectangles as the dimensions change.
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    In this lesson, we will learn to calculate the area (and perimeter) of rectilinear shapes by 'combining' rectangles.
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    In this lesson, we will learn to calculate the area of parallelograms by rearranging rectangles and we will arrive at a formula for the area of a parallelogram.
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    In this lesson, we will learn to calculate the area of triangles and link the area of triangles to the area of parallelograms.
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    In this lesson, we will solve further problems involving area of triangles.
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