Educator Resources for Square Off
In Square Off, students use their knowledge of area and perimeter to capture as many alien spaceships as possible. The greater the area surrounded, the more points they earn. Guide students to realize that more points are earned for a square than any rectangle with the same perimeter, and talk with them about the relationship between perimeter and area that they experienced during game play.
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Square Off Game Lesson Plan: Area & Perimeter of Polygons
Grades: 3-8
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to learn to calculate the area and perimeter of a given polygon. Students will also explore the relationship between area and perimeter of various spaces through both virtual game play and hands-on activities.
Common Core State Standards Alignment:
Grade 3
CCSS.Math.Cont.3.MD.C.5a A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area.”
CCSS.Math.Cont.3.MD.C.5b A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
CCSS.Math.Cont.3.MD.C.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units.)
CCSS.Math.Cont.3.MD.D.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
Grade 7
CCSS.Math.Cont.7.G.B.6 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.”
