Who knew that a party is all about the area. Individuals draw out a patio on grid paper while planning to host a party. Using colored paper to represent the total area of the patio, learners cut out furnishings to add to the patio, making sure not to use up the entire area. Each member of the class presents their design and defends the number of guests invited based on available area.

Concepts

area, area formulas, area of circles, area of rectangles, area of squares, area of polygons, party planning

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Encourage the class to use shapes other than rectangles
• Ask either a decorator or party planner to present to the class on how they use area in their planning

Classroom Considerations

• Requires knowledge of finding areas of rectangles and circles

Pros

• Includes a rubric to score activity
• Contains a self-evaluation table for the pupil

Cons

• None

Common Core

MP1 MP3 7.G.B.6 HSG-MG.A.1 HSG-MG.A.3