Solve contextual problems that require calculating the area of triangles and parallelograms. SPI 0506.4.1

Links verified on 9/16/2014

1. Area of a Triangle - three page lesson, practice questions are found on page 3
2. Area of a Triangle - Drag the orange dots on each vertex to reshape the triangle. The formula shown will recalculate the area using this method. Several ways to calculate triangle area are listed.
3. Area of a Triangle - several ways to compute the area of a triangle
4. Area of a Triangle - interactive lesson plan from Illuminations
5. Area of a Triangle - explanation, examples and practice exercises to check student understanding
6. Area of an Irregular Rectangle - calculate the area of each figure given
7. Area of Complex Figures - self check, multiple-choice quiz
8. Area of Parallelograms - self check, multiple-choice quiz
9. Area of a Parallelogram - explanation, examples, practice questions and a quiz which AAA Math calls a game
10. Area of Parallelograms and Trapezoids - multiple-choice quiz from IXL math
11. Area of Parallelograms, Triangles, and Trapezoids - self check, multiple-choice quiz
12. Area of Parallelograms, Triangles, and Trapezoids - chapter test, multiple-choice quiz
13. Area of Plane Shapes - several plane shapes are listed with the formula for calculating their area, at the end of the page you will find links to ten questions to check student understanding
14. Area of a Rectangle - explanation, examples, and five questions
15. Area of a Rectangle - Drag the orange dots to move and resize the rectangle. As the size of the rectangle changes, the area is recalculated.
16. Area of Squares and Rectangles - multiple-choice quiz from IXL math
17. Area of Triangles - multiple-choice quiz from IXL math
18. Area of Triangles - How to find areas of triangles using the formula: A = ˝base×height
19. Area of Triangles - self check, multiple-choice quiz
20. Area of Triangles and Trapezoids - self check, multiple-choice quiz
21. Areas and Squares - five multiple-choice questions
22. Baseball Geometry - area of a triangle game from Knowledge Box, you get baseballs to swing at for getting a correct answer
23. Calculating the Area of a Triangle - explanation, examples, practice exercises, and a quiz designed as a game
24. How Do You Find the Area of a Triangle - [3:54] math video answering the question
25. Interactive Triangle - Click on the red points in the Java Window to manipulate the triangle. Use the buttons to show the calculated area in each of the three calculations
26. Making Triangles - investigating the Concept of Triangle and the Properties of Polygons (from NCTM)
27. Measuring Area and Volume - chapter test, multiple-choice quiz
28. Triangle Explorer - an applet which allows students to study the nature of triangles and their area
29. Triangle Identification - type of triangle, given its angles - instruction and review, practice, and a quiz and
30. Triangles - self check, multiple-choice quiz

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