Area

After learning about Perimeter, it was time to move onto Area, 

the amount of space inside an object.

Each group of students had to find the area of a room in their house

in order to make a carpet that would fit their room.

First, each group chose a unit to measure with

and made an estimation of the area.  

Finding an appropriate unit took some time...they needed to lay flat and fit into the corners.

'These don't fit...they are piled on top of each other.'

'Our blocks are small, so it takes alot of them to fill in the area.'

'These blocks are big...it won't take too many.'

'There is still some space left...it will only fit half a block.'

'The snap cubes lay flat and fit into the corners...squares are a good shape to use...'

At the end of the day all of the rooms received beautiful new carpets and 

we all learned a lot about area.