Saturday, April 6, 2013

Differentiating the Product

My class has been having difficulty with perimeter and area. They often confuse them. So I wanted to have them do something that would help with these topics. To differentiate the product in my class I thought of a problem they could solve using a choice of manipulatives either on the Smartboard Notebook software or online tools. The following will be the question posed. Someone has hired you to design a pen for a dog. You are given 24 feet of fencing. The dog owner would like three options to choose from. Create a visual showing three different choices using one of suggested tools. Clearly label the sides and the perimeter and area. Use color to show which is the area and which is the perimeter. Which one do you think the dog owner will choose? Why?

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