Perimeter, Area and Volume (Higher - Unit 3)

Topic:Perimeter, Area and Volume
Estimated teaching time:Higher 4.0 hours - 5.0 hours

Specification references (in recommended teaching order)

G4.1 Calculate perimeters and areas of shapes made from triangles and rectangles.
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G4.1h Calculate perimeters and areas of shapes made from triangles and rectangles. Extend this to other compound shapes.
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G4.2h Calculate the area of a triangle using ½ ab sin C.
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G4.3 Calculate circumference and areas of circles.
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G4.3h Calculate the length of arcs and areas of sectors.
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G4.4 Calculate volumes of right prisms and of shapes made from cubes and cuboids
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G4.5h Solve mensuration problems involving more complex shapes and solids.
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Teaching resources


Perimeter, Area and Volume - Compound Shapes - Lesson Plan
Downloadable resource in doc format. 02/08/2010
Perimeter, Area and Volume - Parallelogram & Trapezium - Lesson Plan
Downloadable resource in doc format. 02/08/2010
Perimeter Area and Volume - Volume - Lesson Plan
Downloadable resource in doc format. 30/07/2010

Perimeter, Area and Volume - Compound Shapes - Perimeter and Area of Rectangles
Downloadable resource in ppt format. 02/06/2010
Perimeter, Area and Volume - Perimeter and Area of Triangle and Trapezium
Interactive excel workbook containing a series of worksheets. Students are challenged find the area of a triangle given lengths, find lengths in a triangle given the area and find the area of a trapezium.02/06/2010
Perimeter, Area and Volume - Area of Parallelograms and Trapeziums
A powerpoint presentation demonstrating how to find the area of parallelograms and trapeziums.02/06/2010
Perimeter, Area and Volume - Area of a Parallelogram
An interactive excel workbook. Students are challenged to find length, given the area of a series of parallelograms and on the second worksheet, to find area and perimeter, given length.02/06/2010

Perimeter, Area and Volume - Volume - Problem Sheet
Downloadable resource in doc format. 02/05/2010

Perimeter, area and volume - Homework Sheet and Mark Scheme
Downloadable resource in doc format. 09/04/2010

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