Geoboard Lesson

For a lesson using Geoboards, I decided to do a lesson on perimeter and area. This lesson requires basic knowledge of area and perimeter. The lesson would start whole class where we create several shapes using the Geoboards. These shapes are teacher prompted such as: create a shape with a perimeter of 22. Next, create groups according to the accuracy and originality of their shapes. In groups, students will create individual shapes that follow the rules on their activity sheet. Once they have created their shapes independently, each group will share their shapes and make corrections accordingly. The activity sheets will range in difficulty according to individual/group ability. As a closure activity, each group will pick one of their area problems and one of their perimeter problems to share with the class. Encourage students to find different shapes/dimension s that will produce the same perimeter or area.